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June 13, 2025
Exclusive: After Trump feud, role of Musk's SpaceX in Golden Dome missile shield in question
June 12, 2025 5:12 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - The role of Elon Musk's SpaceX in an ambitious new U.S. missile defense system is in question following the dramatic feud last week between the billionaire entrepreneur and President Donald Trump, according to three people familiar with the project. The White House until recently had considered a plan for SpaceX, Musk's rocket and satellite venture, to partner with software maker Palantir (PLTR.O) and drone builder ...
Go to discussionIran launches drones at Israel as Israel attacks Iranian nuclear sites and top commanders, IDF says
Updated on: June 13, 2025 / 7:37 AM EDT Tehran launched more than 100 drones at Israel on Friday morning, Israel's military said, not long after Israel announced it had begun a major operation against Iran, with a wave of airstrikes targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, scientists and senior military commanders. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said in televised remarks that Iran had launched the drones, and that Israel's air defenses were already "wo ...
Go to discussionIllinois officials investigate license-plate data shared with police seeking woman who had abortion
Updated 3:54 PM EDT, June 12, 2025 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois secretary of state on Thursday asked for an investigation into a suburban Chicago police department after learning that it violated state law by sharing data from automatic license-plate readers with a Texas sheriff seeking a woman who had an abortion. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias asked the attorney general to review the matter. He also is creating an audit system to ensure police departments don’t run afoul of a ...
Go to discussionYellen expects Trump's tariffs will hike inflation to 3% year over year
June 12, 2025, 6:22 PM EDT / Source: CNBC Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen predicts President Donald Trump’s tariffs will cause prices to rise and average household income to fall, despite a slowing trend in the U.S. inflation rate. “I would expect inflation, on a year-over-year basis of this year, to shoot up to at least 3%, or slightly over, because of the tariffs,” Yellen said Thursday on CNBC’s “Money Movers.” The Biden-era Cabinet secretary made that prediction even as she noted th ...
Go to discussionTrump Told Netanyahu Not To Attack Iran: WSJ
Jun 12th, 2025, 11:15 pm President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that he wanted to let negotiations with Iran run their course before exercising military options, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal on Thursday night. On Thursday, Israel bombed Iran in several airstrikes, killing top military leaders and nuclear scientists, including Gen. Hossein Salami, who was the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. Shortly after the news broke, Sec ...
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