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Media Monitor: Space Force Budget Impasse, Space Weapons and Tracking Programs Dominate Breaking Defense Coverage
Breaking Defense reports a budget impasse threatens one in 10 Space Force programs, while officials confirm space control weapons on orbit and address delays in orbital tracking efforts.
Science & TechnologyPolitics and GovernmentBusinessMilitaryAstronomy and SpaceFederal GovernmentCongressEconomyEurope Breaking DefenseSpace ForceDoug SchiessTroy MeinkSpace Development Agencyspace domain awarenessLeoLabsBreaking Defense - Military Space
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Media Monitor: DOGE Payouts, Iran War Costs, Space Weapons and a Sanders-Bannon AI Warning
TIME reports billions paid to idled federal workers under DOGE, rising Iran war costs, a U.S. admission of on-orbit weapons, and an unlikely Sanders-Bannon AI warning.
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Media Monitor: USA TODAY Briefing Covers Fed Rate Decision, Space Weapons Disclosure, First Senate Menopause Hearing
USA TODAY's Daily Briefing reports the Fed will decide whether to raise interest rates for the first time since 2023, and that the Air Force secretary confirmed U.S. weapons in space.
BusinessPolitics and GovernmentHealthScience & TechnologyEntertainmentSportLaw EnforcementUSAGeneral PoliticsCongressEconomyArtificial IntelligenceMusicLegalMilitaryElection Federal Reserveinterest ratesSocial SecurityTroy Meinkspace weaponsSenate Special Committee on AgingmenopauseCostcoNILNCAA transfer portalLos Angeles helicopter crashDonald Trump Jr.Ed SheeranNFL power rankingsUSA TODAY Daily Briefing
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Media Monitor: Newsweek Reports U.S. Deploys Orbital Weapon, Massie Files Impeachment Articles Against Hegseth
Newsweek reports the U.S. has deployed a weapon in Earth's orbit, drawing a Chinese response, while Rep. Thomas Massie introduced impeachment articles against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Politics and GovernmentUSAMilitaryCongressRepublican PartyLegalScience & TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceAstronomy and SpaceElection Troy Meinkspace arms raceThomas MassiePete HegsethimpeachmentDonald TrumpSupreme Courtmail-in votingKennedy CenterHoward LutnickEd SheeranMacklemoreGazaDario AmodeiNewsweek
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Media Monitor: Pentagon Confirms Weapons in Orbit as China Warns of Space Arms Race
The Rundown reports the U.S. military has acknowledged on-orbit space control weapons for the first time, while UCSF unveils a brain implant that turns thoughts into digital avatars.
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Media Monitor: U.S. Confirms Space Weapons, Finland Joins French Nuclear Initiative, Iran Skips IAEA Conference
CSIS's Nuclear Policy News roundup reports the U.S. has deployed weapons in space, Finland joined France's nuclear deterrent initiative, and Iran's nuclear chief will skip the IAEA General Conference.
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Media Monitor: Space Force Has 'Space Control Weapons' on Orbit, Air Force Secretary Reveals
Breaking Defense reports from the Air, Space & Cyber Conference, where the Air Force secretary disclosed on-orbit space control weapons and AFSOC pushed for a new Leidos cruise missile.
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Media Monitor: Breaking Defense Reports Space Force Has 'Space Control Weapons' on Orbit
Breaking Defense reports the Air Force secretary revealed Space Force has space control weapons on orbit, plus Navy nomination news, USS Ford maintenance plans and new drone programs.
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