In a move to realign the Pentagon’s priorities and eliminate wasteful spending, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a directive Wednesday terminating over $580 million in programs, contracts, and grants deemed inconsistent with the Department of Defense’s mission.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is active in the Department of Defense (DOD), according to a disclosure by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The Trump appointee shared a video where he listed the agency’s discoveries and those that have been discontinued.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth denies texting war plans to a journalist from The Atlantic JOURNALIST: "Your information about war plans against the Houthis in Yemen was shared with a journalist in The Atlantic and were those details are classified?

The conversation among the defense secretary and other national security officials on a commercial messaging app mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.

He wrote that two days later, on March 13, he was inadvertently added to a Signal group chat called "Houthi PC small group" in which several administration officials discussed plans for the attack. Jeffrey Goldberg,