Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is telling the Pentagon it needs to find around $50 billion in cuts, which is 8% of the defense budget of more than $800 billion. The agency has been ordered to find cuts or offsets that would provide some funding back to the government.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing Pentagon agencies and the military to cut their budgets by 8 percent as part of a dramatic realignment of defense spending to address priorities of President Donald Trump such as protecting the border and modernizing the nuclear force.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told the Pentagon to find $50 billion in programs to cut this year, to redirect funds to President Trump's priorities.