Trump orders sweeping audit of over-budget Pentagon programs

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday ordering a review of all defense acquisition programs, slating over-budget and behind schedule expenditures for termination.

The order, titled “Modernizing Defense acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base,” gives Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth 90 days to review and consider the cancellation of major defense acquisition programs (MDAPs) that are 15% or more over-budget or behind schedule. Alongside Trump’s...