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The Trump administration is expanding its search for partners to build the Golden Dome missile defense system, courting Amazon's Project Kuiper

Now that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and president Donald Trump are no longer seeing eye to eye, the White House is struggling to undercut the richest man in the world's influence in Washington, DC. As the Wall Street Journal reports,

The Trump administration scrutinized SpaceX's government contracts. This followed a public disagreement between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. The review

The Trump administration quietly launched a federal review of SpaceX contracts after President Donald Trump publicly suggested severing ties with Elon Musks businesses, according to The Wall Street Journal.

President Trump's administration reviewed contracts held by SpaceX with the federal government and found that the majority of these contracts are indispensable to the Defense Department and NASA.

The rule, referred to as Part 450, was approved during Trump’s first term and aimed to streamline commercial space regulations and speed approvals of launches. But the rule soon fell out of favor with launch companies, which said the FAA didn’t provide enough guidance on how to comply and was taking too long to review applications.