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The accelerating race among global powers for dominance in space will hang in the backdrop next week as leaders from across the space industry and the U.S. military converge on Colorado for the 2026 Space Symposium.

The Pentagon has awarded a $4.76 billion contract to defense contractor Lockheed Martin to rapidly build up stockpiles of the Army's most advanced terminal anti-missile interceptors, a weapon depleted during heavy use in the war against Iran.

The federal government has seen a surge in money through the first six months of the fiscal year, helping to offset a small rise in spending and cutting the size of the budget deficit by 11%.

Israel expelled Spanish representatives from a multinational center coordinating the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, with officials in Jerusalem citing the "anti-Israel obsession" of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government in Madrid.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, justified his fraud investigation into New York's Medicaid by using inaccurate data.

Looking for weekend plans in Washington? April 10-12 offers everything from Broadway-caliber theater and live music to outdoor festivals, sports and family-friendly events across the region. Here's what's happening in and around the nation's capital.

"Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style" opens Friday at the King's Gallery at Buckingham Palace and runs until Oct. 18. The show features around 300 garments and fashion artifacts drawn from some 4,000 items once owned by the late queen,

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed options for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, including the use of military force, with President Trump as Britain seeks to take a leading role in securing free transit through the strategic waterway.

It turns out Generation Z is becoming less inclined to believe that AI improves productivity.

The Apple store in Towson, Maryland, the first of the tech giant's U.S. shops to unionize, is due to close in June.