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Space stocks rally on reports of SpaceX’s imminent IPO filing
A screen displays the Firefly Aerospace logo during the company’s IPO at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City, U.S., August 7, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters Space stocks soared Wednesday following a report that Elon Musk’s SpaceX could file to go public as soon as this week. Satellite designer AST SpaceMobile and Rocket Lab […]
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Sen. Warren: DOD answers show no anti-corruption protocols for Trump children
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., talks with reporters after a Senate Armed Services Committee closed briefing on the Iran war, in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren said the Department of Defense has no plan to stop President Donald Trump’s family […]
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Pentagon ban of Anthropic faces judge; Claude AI maker seeks injunction
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. District Judge Rita Lin said Tuesday that the decision by the Pentagon to blacklist Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence models “looks like an attempt to […]
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Senate, White House start to coalesce around ending DHS shutdown amid TSA delays
San Diego, CA – March 23: Travelers stand in a long Transportation Security Administration (TSA) line that wrapped throughout Terminal 1 at San Diego International Airport on March 23, 2026 in San Diego, CA. K.C. Alfred | The San Diego Union | Getty Images Senators and the White House appear near to a deal to […]
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EV battery startup pivots to defense industry amid Iran war, weak electric vehicle market
Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones are positioned on the tarmac at a base in the U.S. Central Command operating area. Source: U.S. CENTCOM An Arizona-based battery startup led by a former General Motors executive is moving from making products for all-electric vehicles to making products for the aerospace and defense industries amid the […]
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U.S.-Iran talks, ICE in airports, gemstone investing and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Monday. If you were watching CNBC earlier this morning, you might have caught the premier of “Morning Call” — CNBC’s new 5 a.m. ET show anchored by Morgan Brennan. Stock futures are surging this morning. The three major averages are coming […]
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CNBC Daily Open: clock ticks on Trump’s Hormuz ultimatum
An LPG gas tanker at anchor as traffic is down in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Shinas, Oman, March 11, 2026. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. I don’t know about you, but […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump issues Strait of Hormuz ultimatum
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media, flanked by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as he departs the White House for Florida, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 20, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. The Middle […]
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U.K. confirms Iran fired two missiles at British-American base in Indian Ocean which failed to reach their target
The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) or Chagos Islands (formerly the Oil Islands) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Africa and Indonesia. The largest island is Diego Garcia (area 44 km squared), the site of a joint military facility of the United Kingdom and the United […]
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Iran targeted but did not hit Diego Garcia base with missiles, WSJ reports
Diego Garcia, a British Indian Ocean Territory and the largest of the islands in the Chagos Archipelago on July 02, 2013 in Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory. USGS NASA | Gallo Images | Getty Images Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia but did not hit the U.S.-U.K. military base in the […]
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