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- 1US Defense Firms Rushing to Expand Missile Production Too Late●Defense Firms Are Rushing to Boost Missile Output. It's Coming Too Late. https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/
The Wall Street Journal reports that American defense contractors are racing to increase missile manufacturing capacity, but argues the expansion is arriving too late. Weapons stockpiles have been drained by ongoing conflicts, and production ramp-up takes years, leaving shortfalls that current efforts cannot quickly fix.
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The Trump administration has sharply cut back federal data collection on American education, including programs tracking student math and reading test scores. The reporting raises concerns that policymakers, researchers and the public will lose visibility into how US students are performing, just as test scores remain a pressing national concern following pandemic-era learning losses.