SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk sparred on social media Tuesday with White House Senior Counselor Peter Navarro, after Navarro said in an interview Monday that Tesla was a car “assembler” rather than a manufacturer.  “Tesla has the most American-made cars. Navarro is dumber than a sack of bricks,” Musk said in an X post on Tuesday.  “Navarro is truly a moron,” Musk said in a separate post....

New acting Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. James Kilby said he regrets the Navy’s reliance on expensive, high-powered missiles to counter the Houthi threat in the Red Sea and pledged to push for cheaper, more efficient solutions. Speaking to reporters at the Sea Air Space conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Kilby said he was “not concerned” about the Navy’s ability to protect its people – such as...

A former GOP congressman tapped by President Donald Trump to oversee the country’s nuclear arsenal is facing a grilling before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday on his road to confirmation. Brandon Williams, nominated to become Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security, is a Navy veteran who formerly chaired the energy subcommittee for the House Science, Space and Technology Committee during his brief stint in Congress. ...