grants and contracts across the department that it called “wasteful spending,” with a long-stalled software modernization program accounting for almost half of the cuts. Defense Secretary Pete ...

while making a major show of canceling $580 million in Defense Department contracts and grants. The “total cuts” to the Pentagon amount to “800 million in wasteful spending,” Hegseth said.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced last week the department would cut $580 million in funding, grants, and contracts—hitting companies that do business with the Pentagon. Those cuts ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced ... he said were made with DOGE’s help — brings the department’s running total of cuts to $800 million since the beginning of the Trump administration.