Elon Musk's SpaceX is deepening its ties with U.S. intelligence and military agencies through classified contracts ranging in the billions of dollars. SpaceX has long been a major partner for the U.S. in launching military satellites‚ but documents reviewed by the Wall Street Journal show the company entered into a massive $1.8 billion classified contract with the U.S. government in 2021. SpaceX will not publicly clarify the government agency behind the contract. SpaceX has also developed...

SpaceX is deepening its ties with U.S. intelligence and military agencies‚ winning at least one major classified contract and expanding a secretive company satellite program called Starshield for national-security customers. The Elon Musk-led company entered into a $1.8 billion classified contract with the U.S. government in 2021‚ according to company documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal. SpaceX said in the documents that funds from the contract were expected to become an important...

Elon Musk’s company SpaceX reportedly has a $1.8 billion classified contract with an unnamed U.S. government agency‚ expanding its work with American intelligence and defense agencies. Documents reported by The Wall Street Journal show the contract will eventually become a major part of the company’s revenue. SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday morning. SpaceX’s work with intelligence and defense agencies dates back to the company’s early days‚ when it won...

Deion Byrd would have turned 26 years old on Jan. 31. His father‚ Marcus Byrd‚ told HuffPost that Deion usually spent his birthdays with his family‚ watching television and eating some of his mother’s cooking at their home in Memphis‚ Tennessee. “He liked joking and things like that‚” Marcus said. “He wanted to rap and made a few mixtapes. He had dreams of doing things he could enjoy.” Last year‚ Deion Byrd was involved in a car crash that led to a man’s death. Shelby County District...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a case on admissions at a prestigious northern Virginia high school that eliminated standardized testing to diversify its student body. Why it matters: The high court last year overturned decades of precedent by ending affirmative action — but left a path open for schools to consider other options to seek diversity. The justices who declined to take up the case didn't provide a reason. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas...

The Israel-Hamas conflict is opening new rifts in the House Democratic caucus‚ with a second Congressional Progressive Caucus quitting the group over the war and Rep. Rashida Tlaib backing an activist campaign to undermine President Joe Biden in the Michigan Democratic primary. The new developments underscore that‚ more than four months in‚ Israel's military operations in Gaza are still causing a painful rift within a Democratic Party that’s occasionally struggled to project both security-...

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito renewed his criticism Tuesday of the high court’s landmark same-sex marriage ruling‚ addressing it in a five-page statement as part of an order explaining why the court declined to hear a case involving a Missouri lawsuit. The case in question‚ the Missouri Department of Corrections v. Jean Finney‚ involved a dispute where jurors were dismissed from the employment discrimination case after they voiced religious concerns about same-sex relationships. In...

The former FBI informant who has been charged with falsely stating that President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden accepted a bribe allegedly has ties to "high-level" Russian intelligence officials. Alexander Smirnov was hit with felony charges last week‚ accused of making false statements and manufacturing false records concerning the Bidens' business dealings in Ukraine. Documents filed in court by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday argue that Smirnov should remain behind bars...