Monica Ricks

It's a critical component in everything from medical services to defense production and even the creation of semiconductors as a cooling agent.

President Trump's asking for a massive increase to defense spending next year.

Bloomberg's Dan Schwartzman has details.

The White House is also asking Congress to slash NASA's science budget, cutting roughly $6 billion in total spending on programs, including 40 missions.

The administration's previously referred to programs like Mars exploration, X-ray telescopes and research satellites as wasteful spending.

The Justice Department has lost its bid to continue investigations into the Federal Reserve's building renovations.

A judge has quashed two grand jury subpoenas issued to the central bank by U.S.

Attorney Jeanine Pirro.

The ruling now threatens to delay the confirmation process for President Trump's Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh, but the DOJ says it plans to appeal.

The Artemis II crew is now halfway to the moon.

NASA shared the first images of Earth taken by the astronauts, who are on track to make their lunar flyby on Monday.

It'll be the first time humans have traveled outside of the Earth's orbit since 1972.

And in sports, the women's NCAA title game is set after South Carolina beat UConn 62-48.

They'll take on UCLA, who topped Texas 51-44.

The championship game is tomorrow night.

And in men's action tonight, UConn takes on Illinois and Michigan battles Arizona.

Their national championship game set for Monday.

And that's news when you want it with Bloomberg News Now.

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