The Pentagon ordered managers to fire underperforming civilian workers with "speed and conviction" under new guidelines that eliminate key job protections.

And big players in the defense world — such as Lockheed Martin and Palantir — are helping to bankroll a $300 million ballroom to be built on the wreckage of the East Wing (Notably, Lutnick himself is also listed as one of the donors in a list obtained from the White House by our own Diana Nerozzi. But that list was not comprehensive.)

Parnell confirmed that all of the journalists in the newly announced “next generation” of the Pentagon press corps have agreed to the policy.

The Pentagon says a “new press corps” of 60 journalists who had agreed to follow a new media policy will be welcomed into the building to cover the U.S. military

The Pentagon confirmed Friday that it accepted an anonymous $130 million donation to help offset the cost of troops’ salaries and benefits during the shutdown. The Defense Department accepted the donation under its “general gift acceptance authority” on Thursday, chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement.

The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Department confirmed on Friday.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fired another shot in his personal war on facial hair in the armed forces. The former Fox News host last month implemented a ban on “beardos” in the U.S. military, despite once begging the right-wing cable network to let him keep his “vacation beard” intact.

The Trump administration has accepted an anonymous $130 million donation that it plans to use to pay military members during the government shutdown.