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Air Force bid for Tesla Cybertrucks in target practice symbolizes the ‘evolving’ relationship between the Pentagon and Big Tech, expert says

The ballooning demand from the military for innovative technology creates a “whole new sector” friendly to BigTech, an American University professor told Fortune.

Fortune

MP Materials Stock Hits All-Time High Following Q2 Earnings Beat

MP Materials Corp (NYSE:MP) reported financial results for the second quarter after the market close on Thursday. Here’s what you need to know from the report.

Benzinga

How Palantir—a company too small to make the Fortune 500—became one of the world’s 25 most valuable companies

Palantir’s eccentric CEO has led one of the most controversial companies in Silicon Valley to unprecedented success.

Fortune

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Hegseth ‘has great jeans’: Defense Department taps into MAGA’s obsession over Sydney Sweeney ad

President Donald Trump praised the advertising campaign after it was revealed that Sweeney is registered as a Republican in Florida

The Independent UK

‘Leaking stuff himself’: Humiliating defeat for Pete Hegseth as Trump puts his ‘shush-shush’ scheme out of its misery

All that work for nothing.

We Got This Covered

NASA or the Space Force: Who should protect Earth from dangerous asteroids?

NASA currently leads the nation's planetary defense efforts, but some are calling for the Space Force to take control.

Space

Atlantic allies turn to xAI and OpenAI — Why chatbots are now a matter of national strategy

OpenAI teams up with the UK as xAI scores $200M Pentagon deal

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Hegseth's Battle Against DEI Has Resulted in 'Far More' Racist Incidents at the Defense Department: Report

Pete Hegseth has railed against DEI programs since being confirmed earlier this year. However, this push has reportedly led to an uptick of racist incidents.

Latin Times

“Literally no one seems to know anything about this” — Microsoft used China-based engineers to maintain DoD systems with high impact data

"Digital escorts” with limited expertise oversaw China-based staff working on systems containing critical U.S. defense data.

Windows Central

Pentagon Awards up to $200 Million to AI Companies Whose Models Are Rife With Ideological Bias

The Department of Defense awarded contracts to Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI. The last two are particularly concerning.

Reason

‘It’s a madhouse’: US state department workers reeling after Trump’s firings

About 3,000 workers have left the agency through firings and buyouts in a move Democrats and staff call ‘unlawful’

The Guardian - US

Senior Pete Hegseth adviser, who alleged colleague called the cops on him, ‘resigned’ from Pentaton

Justin Fulcher, who previously accused a colleague of calling the cops on him, has been ousted from the Pentagon

The Independent UK

Could the Pentagon’s $550 Million Bet on Rare Earths Signal the Next Market Boom?

A deep dive into why the U.S. government is backing rare earth mining; plus, the tiny companies flying under the radar.

Barchart

MP Materials Stock Is Sliding After Hours: Here's Why

MP Materials Corp (NYSE:MP) shares are trading lower in after-hours on Wednesday after the company announced a proposed public offering.

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Draganfly Stock Is Moving Higher Wednesday: What's Going On?

Draganfly Inc. (NASDAQ:DPRO) shares are trading higher Wednesday after the company announced its Cammander3 XL UAV has been selected by the Department of Defense for advanced operation initiatives.

International Business Times

Pentagon Inks Contracts For Musk's XAI, Competitors

The Pentagon announced contracts on Monday with multiple leading US artificial intelligence firms including Elon Musk's xAI, which has faced intense scrutiny in recent days over anti-Semitic posts by its Grok chatbot.

Fortune

Elon Musk spent months slashing federal contracts — Now his AI company is celebrating a $200M Pentagon contract and new unit to get government business

xAI says that it wants to start servicing federal, local, state, and national security customers.

Euronews

Exit light, enter gripe: Metallica forces US Department of Defense to withdraw social media video

The US Department of Defense posted a social media video with one of Metallica’s best-known songs – without the band’s authorisation.

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US military cuts climate scientists off from vital satellite sea-ice data

In the latest attack on science by the Trump administration, researchers at the National Snow and Ice Data Center will no longer receive data from a fleet of military satellites.

The Guardian - US

Sudden loss of key US satellite data could send hurricane forecasting back ‘decades’

Scientists left scrambling amid hurricane season after irreplaceable program is slotted to be shuttered

The Independent UK

US Department of Defense expands militarised zone along Texas border

The Air Force has stated its readiness to immediately install warning signs prohibiting entry into the zone

Latin Times

DoD Sets Up Two New Military Buffer Zones As Troops Continue Arresting Migrants At The Border

The Department of Defense announced it is setting up two new military buffer zones along the southern border, which allow troops to detain migrants attempting to cross into the U.S.

Space

Dress rehearsal for Artemis 2 | Space photo of the day for June 19, 2025

NASA and the Department of Defense practice recovery procedures for an abort scenario in the upcoming Artemis 2 mission.

Barchart

Is Palantir Stock Poised to Surge Amidst the Israel-Iran Conflict?

Investors are turning to a new wave of defense stocks that includes Palantir in June 2025.

The Independent UK

Pentagon investigator admits to faking dozens of Top Secret security clearance background checks

Exclusive: Nousheen Qureshi’s investigations for the Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency included “interviews” with people who later said they had never even heard from her at all

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