While the Washington Post and other establishment media outlets report on fake Pentagon budget cuts, there are real, impending cuts to vital programs like Medicaid and SNAP. In other words, government programs that provide healthcare and food assistance to tens of millions of people are being gutted to make room for a $ 1 trillion Pentagon budget.
The Pentagon issued a series of requirements transgender service members must meet in order to enter military service.
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A Friday-Night Massacre at the Pentagon
Trump’s purge started with his firing of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top Navy officer, and the vice chief of the Air Force.
In a Pentagon memorandum dated Wednesday, the Department of Defense (DOD) is requesting transgender service members be identified in 30 days, then separated. Newsweek reached out to the DOD via email for comment late Wednesday night.
WASHINGTON >> Transgender service members will be separated from the U.S. military unless they receive an exemption, according to a Pentagon memo filed in court on Wednesday, essentially banning them from joining or serving in the military.
The Supreme Court stands on the horns of a dilemma. If the court rules against the administration, it risks President Trump’s ignoring its decision and thereby obviates the court’s authority and precipitates a constitutional crisis.
Congress and the Pentagon need to take steps to ensure that the U.S. military is equipped to take on the battles of tomorrow.
The Pentagon said on Friday it would start firing about 5,400 civilian employees who were on probation, the first moves by President Donald Trump's administration at the department to make good on its promise to reduce the federal workforce.
Pope Francis, who was admitted to the hospital on February 14 for pneumonia in both lungs, or “double pneumonia,” remains in critical condition, according to the Vatican. A Sunday statement from the Vatican Press Office said that the 88-year-old pontiff remained “alert and well-oriented,” and participated in Mass on Sunday morning.
The court filing is in response to a lawsuit filed in D.C. on behalf of six transgender service members challenging President Donald Trump's executive order.
The Defense Department says it’s cutting 5,400 probationary workers starting next week and will put a hiring freeze in place.
In one broad stroke Friday evening, President Trump axed six senior Pentagon officials in a move never before seen in U.S. history. The Trump administration, pushing back against Democrats,