Musk has said that all limits on Starshield speed and usage “are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS.” Trump denied ordering the restrictions, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the administration had “no foreknowledge” of the slowdown.

Shaheen yesterday said, “It is concerning that the inspector general has apparently decided not to investigate satellite communication disruptions that Ukraine relies on to protect its civilians,” according to CNN.

Shaheen said the Trump administration and SpaceX gave “conflicting accounts of what led to those disruptions, which weakened Ukraine’s defenses and put American personnel in Ukraine at risk unnecessarily. There must be an independent accounting and review to determine responsibility and prevent this from happening in the future.…