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Pentagon officials denied the narrative perpetuated by President Donald Trump that there was a lack of communication between the department and the White House regarding the temporary suspension of military aid to Ukraine.
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Investor's Business Daily on MSNWhy MP Materials Is Up More Than 40% After This Pentagon Rare Earths DealMP Materials stock soared more than 40% in early stock market trade Thursday after announcing a deal with the Defense Department.
Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 26, 2025. (Andrew Harnik / ) Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary,
MP Materials Corp. (NYSE: MP) ("MP Materials" or the "Company") today announced it has entered into a transformational public-private partnership with the United States Department of Defense ("DoD") to dramatically accelerate the build-out of an end-to-end U.
Shares in MP Materials (MP) jumped after the company unveiled a partnership with the Defense Department to speed up the buildout of a rare-earth
In some ways, the U.S. vacillation has a bigger impact than the lack of the weapons themselves, the officials said. A single shipment of arms—even one that included dozens of Patriot missiles, hundreds of Hellfires, and thousands of rounds of 155-millimeter artillery—does not make or break Ukraine’s war effort.
What began as a clever cover story quickly became a tangled web of rumors, secrecy, and unexpected consequences.
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Responsible Statecraft on MSNThe Pentagon spent $4 trillion over 5 years. Contractors got 54% of it.The paper, which I co-authored with Stephen Semler, found that 54% of the Pentagon’s $4.4 trillion in discretionary spending from 2020 to 2024 went to military contractors. The