The US State Department has instructed US embassies and consulates around the world to pause new student visa appointments as it develops guidance to expand “social media screening and vetting” to all applicants for student visas,

Hegseth said that the Air Force, in a partnership with billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, cut the service’s largest management consulting program — a line by line audit of over 50 contract vehicles saved $1 billion in spending and canceled a $3.8 billion extension of that program.

The Defense Information Systems Agency, the Pentagon's tech arm, provides the military with IT and telecommunication resources.