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September 30, 2026

Hegseth Confirms Plan To Cut 20% of US Top Military Brass and Rails at ‘Beardos, Weirdos and Wimps’

Shrai Popat and Ariana Baio The Guardian

Amid latest extraordinary attack on diversity, US defense secretary also suggests military is retaining service personnel at ‘record’ rates

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April 22, 2025

Trump Administration Ordered To Retract ‘Sham’ Rationale for Firing Workers

Daniel Wiessner Reuters

The mass firings were part of a broader effort by President Donald Trump, a Republican, and billionaire Elon Musk to drastically shrink the federal bureaucracy and slash government spending, which has invited a series of legal challenges.

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