Pentagon inspector general declines to investigate Starlink disruptions in Ukraine

🔮 Platte Moring, who leads the independent watchdog office at the Pentagon, told lawmakers that reported disruptions to Starlink and Starshield in recent weeks was a contractual matter that would be best addressed to the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, according to a document seen by ABC News.

🔮 The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group will return to its homeport of San Diego on Thursday, concluding a 10-month deployment to the Middle East where it played a key role in the war with Iran and set a new record of 265 days in between ports of call.

🔮 The scope and sensitivity of the exposed information could raise national security concerns, particularly because the files included details about the jobs performed by military and civilian personnel.

🔮 Here's what it may mean It comes two weeks after guidelines for screening were "temporarily rescinded."

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🔮 Hegseth said that if clinicians recommended testosterone replacement therapy for a service member, it would be up to that individual to decide if they wanted to purse the treatment.

🔮 Platte Moring, who leads the independent watchdog office at the Pentagon, told lawmakers that reported disruptions to Starlink and Starshield in recent weeks was a contractual matter that would be best addressed to the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, according to a document seen by ABC News.

🔮 President Donald Trump claims that the U.S. "gave nothing in exchange" for Moscow's release of American citizen Stephen Hubbard, but his administration has made several moves seen as highly advantageous to Russia in recent weeks -- drawing backlash from members of his own party and fueling a dynamic some hostage advocates and officials fear could set a dangerous precedent.

🔮 The economy is on Americans’ minds across the country ahead of midterm elections on Nov. 3, when voters in a handful of key states will wield outsize impact on control of the United States Congress.

🔮 Zelenskyy said Ukrainian military officials were told by U.S. counterparts there would be consequences for not halting the long-range strikes on Russian oil refineries, including a suspension of intelligence sharing with Ukraine.

🔮 Elon Musk, the chief executive of SpaceX, said on Wednesday that "Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the US government" and "any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately [President Trump.]" The White House, Pentagon and SpaceX did not respond to ABC News' requests for comment. 'Only hurts Ukrainian forces,' analyst says George Barros, an open-source analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, said "US decisions to throttle [Starshield] only harms Ukrainian forces on the defense in Ukraine," noting that Ukrainian forces have never been permitted to use the SpaceX networks for strikes deep into Russia. "This decision will significantly degrade Ukraine's mid-range strike capability -- a key driver of Ukraine's recent battlefield momentum in 2026," he said in a post on X. Intelligence sharing from military to military is America's primary contribution to Ukraine's war effort, analysts said, providing key early warnings for Russian strikes and targeting information. Trump said Tuesday that intelligence sharing was continuing as usual.

🔮 Trump on Tuesday told reporters at the White House that the call had been scheduled and would happen "very soon," adding that it would be "probably tomorrow."

🔮 President Donald Trump will sign a security deal with the prime ministers of Denmark and Greenland in a ceremony in New York on Tuesday while the president is in town for the annual U.N. General Assembly, a White House official confirmed to ABC News.

🔮 Trump and Xi are set to meet Wednesday in Washington in their second summit since the war broke out in February.

🔮 A vote could come in November, after the midterms.