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The CIA urges Iranians to reach out as informants in rare move
The seal of the Central Intelligence Agency is shown at the entrance of the CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia, U.S., September 24, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has issued a rare call to Iranians to get in contact as potential informants, signaling a potential ramp-up of American efforts to gather […]
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Trump says Iran wants a deal more than the U.S. ahead of next round of negotiations in Geneva
Iran wants to make a “deal” more than the U.S., President Donald Trump said Tuesday, ahead of another round of scheduled talks with Tehran and amid a build up of American forces in the Middle East. Tehran’s refusal to commit to not developing nuclear weapons remains the key sticking point holding up an agreement, Trump […]
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Anthropic faces Friday deadline in Defense AI clash with Hegseth
United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a visit to Sierra Space in Louisville, Colorado on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. Aaron Ontiveroz | Denver Post | Getty Images Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told Anthropic it has until Friday evening to give the military broad access to its artificial intelligence models, CNBC confirmed […]
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Four years into the Ukraine war, is Europe ready for its own army?
Europe has struggled to unite to meet the challenges of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the last four years. The threat from Russia, and the growing tensions with the U.S. under President Donald Trump, have fueled suggestions that the answer to Europe’s divisions, redundancies and duplications in its defense efforts is a single European […]
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Alien files: Trump to order U.S. agencies to release documents on ‘extraterrestrial life’
Man and boy sit on a paved sidewalk and draw alien faces. Annie Otzen | Digitalvision | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would direct the Department of Defense and other agencies to make public government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life. Trump said the files that will be […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Gap, Alcoa & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Defense stocks — Defense stocks jumped after President Donald Trump called for a defense budget of $1.5 trillion in 2027, saying in a Truth Social post he wanted to build a “Dream Military.” Lockheed Martin and L3Harris Technologies rallied 8%, while Northrop Grumman soared […]
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Defense stocks surge after Trump calls for $1.5 trillion military budget in 2027
Global defense stocks rallied on Thursday, extending gains after U.S. President Donald Trump called for a $1.5 trillion defense budget in 2027. “After the long and difficult negotiations with Senators, Congressmen, Secretaries, and other Political Representatives, I have determined that, for the Good of our Country, especially in these very troubled and dangerous times, our […]
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Trump says he will not permit dividends and stock buybacks for defense companies
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he “will not permit” defense companies to issue dividends or stock buybacks until those firms speed up their production of military equipment and address his other complaints about the industry. Trump, in a lengthy Truth Social post, also took aim at defense contractors’ executive pay packages, calling them “exorbitant […]
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Morgan Stanley says buy these defense stocks post Venezuela and Iran
Defense stocks could gain ground this year , especially as the U.S. seems poised to continue ramping up its military operations in various regions, according to Morgan Stanley. Defense firms’ products are likely to become more essential amid rising geopolitical tensions, particularly in the aftermath of a spate of recent U.S. military actions in Venezuela […]
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Space and defense boom lifted these satellite stocks by more than 200% in 2025
Charlie Ergen Karl Gehring | Dever Post | Getty Images Wall Street grew increasingly obsessed with the artificial intelligence boom this year, pouring money into chips, data centers and applications. But investors looking beyond Silicon Valley found outsized returns in another location: space. Some of the year’s biggest market winners were defense companies that benefited […]
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