The Senate on Wednesday voted 54-43 to confirm businessman Emil Michael as undersecretary of defense for research and engineering and the Pentagon’s CTO.
U.S. President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order at the White House on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Spurred by an April executive order, the Trump administration plans to issue a slimmed-down version of the Federal Acquisition Regulation later this year.
Critics said the decision creates broad uncertainty among other stakeholders who work to protect elections. And, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a new memo to Pentagon leaders…