Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency's initial intelligence assessment of U.S. damage to Iran nuclear sites angered President Trump.

By Jaspreet Singh, Max A. Cherney and Sayantani Ghosh SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is injecting nearly $9 billion into Intel in exchange for a 9.9% equity stake. But the money - which the struggling chipmaker was slated to receive anyway under a federal funding act - will not be enough for its contract-chipmaking business to flourish,

Conservative radio host Erick Erickson called the equity stake plan “terrible” and said it was “actual socialism happening by a Republican administration.”

While Intel says the government is making an “$8.9 billion investment in Intel common stock,” the administration does not appear to be committing new funds.

Intel shares were up about 6% on the day, adding to earlier gains after reports that President Trump is set to announce the U.S. government is taking a nearly 10% stake in troubled chipmaker. The investment would cap a two-week frenzy in Washington over the future of the company.