The White House ordered NASA and the Defense Department to collect detailed records on SpaceX’s federal contracts after President Trump clashed publicly with Elon Musk, according to Reuters. The decision was made earlier this month,

The the administration ordered the agencies to scrutinize Musk’s contracts to ready possible retaliation against the businessman and his companies, sources said.

Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, installed a Starlink Wi-Fi terminal at the White House in March – despite warnings from security officials that doing so could open the administration to potential data leak and espionage risks.