@MichaelStone

Reuters reporter covering the U.S. arms trade. @michaelstone.bsky.social DMs = open RT's≠endorsements. Views=own.

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Joined September 2011
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🔊 Political candidates in the US are ' gaming AI scraper bots' to boost their electoral odds. @MichaelStone explains the latest campaign trend on today's Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/4yG1xOY
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US political candidates tailor messages for AI models used by voters reuters.com/business/media-t…

EXCLUSIVE: US political candidates tailor messages for AI models used by voters

US political candidates have been engineering their campaign messages to appeal to the AI chatbots that more voters have been using to answer questions about issues, and documents seen by Reuters...

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Lockheed, Pentagon strike initial deal to produce 850 F-35 jets - reuters.com/business/aerospa…

Lockheed, Pentagon strike initial deal to produce 850 F-35 jets

Lockheed Martin has entered an initial production and sustainment agreement with the Department of ​Defense for at least 850 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets over ‌the next 10 years, they said on...

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Given all the SpaceX/Ukraine news, I’m reminded: at one point Golden Dome (the US missile defense shield) was once pitched as a “Service” Musk's SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump's Golden Dome missile shield - reuters.com/business/aerospa…

EXCLUSIVE: Musk's SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump's Golden Dome missile shield

Elon Musk's SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense shield, six people familiar with the matter said.

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Blurred map on the desk? Which country is that?
Katie Zacharia
@KatieZachariaOct 17
President Trump is a kind, wonderful, gracious, thoughtful, enthusiastic, and hardworking man. I wish more Americans appreciated him. No one will ever make America great the way he has and continues to. It was an honor to work for him.
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Jamie Freed@Jamie_FreedOct 8
US Army report cites systematic failures in 2025 helicopter and jet collision that killed 67 reuters.com/business/aerospa…

US Army report cites systematic failures in 2025 helicopter and jet collision that killed 67

The collision of an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near ‌Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport last year that killed 67 people was the result of several systemic...

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Open Source Intel
@Osint613Oct 8
A new photo shows the six F-35A jets built for Turkey sitting in hangars at Edwards AFB, where they have been stored since late 2019. Ankara was cut from the program over the S-400 purchase after paying around $1.4B toward 100 aircraft.
Open Source Intel
@Osint613Oct 8
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Greek newspaper Kathimerini that U.S. law blocks the transfer of F-35 jets Turkey has already paid for until the dispute over Ankara's Russian S-400 air defense systems is settled. Rubio said Trump wants Turkey to receive the aircraft.
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Senators on the Armed Services committee have #bipartisan moment on time. #sasc
Senator Mark Kelly
@SenMarkKellyOct 3
Senator Cotton is right. Permanent Daylight Savings has been tried and Americans didn’t like it. The better way is permanent Standard Time because it’s based on science. No dark mornings, it keeps our time in sync with the Sun, and no more changing the clocks. Arizona has been on Standard Time year round since 1968 without issue.
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Election Day is 31 days away. The news cycle matters. Opinions are being formed.
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Election Day is 31 days away. The news cycle matters. Opinions are being formed.
Headquarters
@HQNewsNowOct 2
Trump defends the men in the Cornell gang rape case, saying he “feels bad” for them and they won't get a “fair shake”
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Aaron Mehta@AaronMehtaSep 30
It just dawned on me that Hegseth is describing the mission of the Office of Net Assessment, which he effectively killed last year.
DOW Rapid Response
@DOWResponseSep 30
.@SECWAR “Project Meridian—the future of warfare—is not about developing new strategies or policies. Rather, its purpose is to creatively look into the future and identify the domains we must conquer—and capabilities we must master... to achieve technological and military dominance on the battlefield for decades to come.”
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Robot that kills drones. On a robot.
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U.S. Navy
@USNavySep 29

Two Naval Aviators Safely Recovered Following USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Mishap

Article · @USNavy
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.@AnthropicAI is going to change the world, its IPO prospectus says … it also recorded a net loss of $42 billion last year … I can’t recall a startup that ever saw such staggering losses: reuters.com/business/finance…

EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costs

Anthropic is making a massive bet that AI will transform the global economy more profoundly than ​industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters. But...

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Sam LaGrone@samlagroneSep 28
A site called Military Sentinel is taking our original work and slapping a shameless rewrite of our stories with no credit (Like changing two words in the HED). Same photo. When I called the number listed to complain, it connected me to a women's health clinic in Alaska.
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Same #base was getting harassed by drones back in 2024. It was assumed it was a grey zone tactic by Russia for the US’s #Ukraine war involvement.
OSINTtechnical
@OsinttechnicalSep 27
British authorities have declared a major incident near RAF Fairford, a major UK airbase hosting a fleet of USAF bombers, currently locked down. Police have arrested several men in the vicinity of the base on suspicion of Explosives Act offences, and evacuated locals.
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BREAKING: First images have been released of the RAF Fairford suspects being arrested by counter terrorism police in the town of Whelford photo was taken by a neighbour.
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This is why news is expensive. Time has a cost.
Matt Fuller
@MEPFullerSep 25
This is fantastic. Lotta reasons the bathroom is an excellent stakeout spot, but my own anecdote: During the 2013 shutdown, I waited outside the speaker’s lobby bathroom for at least 20 mins for Rep. Jon Runyan — a 6’7”, former NFL lineman. When he emerged, realizing I had just waited for him outside the bathroom the entire time, there was a quiet acknowledgement of ‘alright, yeah, I should probably answer your questions before you tweet that I just took a shit for a half-hour.’ washingtonsun.com/congress/h…

The Best Place to Catch a Lawmaker? Where They Pee.

The facilities next to the lavish antechamber off the House floor are where many senior lawmakers make frequent stops.

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Beating the September 30 fiscal year end … Trump administration to meet Ukraine assistance deadline- $400m in weapons is going to Kyiv reuters.com/world/trump-admi…

EXCLUSIVE: Trump administration to meet Ukraine assistance deadline

The remaining $93 million in the package approved by Congress does not have to be spent by the end of the year, but it will expire if it is not formally placed under contract by then.

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Jessica Toonkel
@jtoonkelSep 24
Bizarre scoop alert: wsj.com/business/hospitality… w/@CaraRLombardo

Exclusive | MGM Resorts Eyeing Bid for Barry Diller’s People Incorporated

The billionaire’s company, which has a stake in MGM, also owns titles including Food & Wine magazine.

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