The D Brief: Hegseth’s contracting pause; NATO’s Baltic problem; Denmark ups military spending; MADIS vs. drones; And a bit more.

Developing: SecDef Hegseth pauses all new Army contracting, pending a review. The review, which is specifically looking for diversity, equity and inclusion provisions in requirements, could take as little as 10 days, two sources told Bloomberg, but could last months.Update: 64 migrants deported to Guatemala on a U.S. Air Force cargo plane Monday, per a Reuters report. Hours later, two planes of deported Colombians landed in the country, after a previous refusal to allow landing prompted Presiden