The clash was sparked by claims that a team leader with Elon Musk’s DOGE cost-cutting department had called law enforcement on a colleague, people familiar said.

The defense secretary demanded to know why a former DOGE team lead thought he had the authority to call law enforcement on his subordinate.

Hegseth raged at DOGE official who was accused of calling the police to the Pentagon, report says - Defense secretary ...

Secretary Hegseth cancels senior Defense participation at Aspen Security Forum, slamming it as promoting globalism, ...

The Government Accountability Office estimated in June that the full cost of developing and deploying the Sentinel ICBM, ...

DOGE wants to slash up to 200,000 civilian employees out of 750,000, which Hegseth says would cripple critical department functions. Their clash pits a guy who looks like a sentient Army Ken doll ...

Pete Hegseth has banned Pentagon officials from speaking at a security conference because it promotes “evil globalism”. Senior figures in the US defence department were set to speak at the Aspen ...