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Pipeline Victory: $1 Billion Natural Gas Project Finally Gets Green Light

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After years of delays, The Williams Companies secured key clean-water permits for its $1 billion Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) Pipeline. The project will transport natural gas from Pennsylvania to the New York City region, supplying enough fuel for over 2 million homes. The long-awaited approval came from both New York and New Jersey, clearing a major hurdle after previous rejections.

The NESE project includes an underwater pipeline section in New York Harbor, connecting to the existing Transco pipeline system. With energy demand high in the Northeast, the pipeline aims to deliver reliable, affordable natural gas while easing strain on current infrastructure. Chad Zamarin, Williams’ Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategic Development, called the permit approval a “milestone,” emphasizing the role of natural gas in cutting emissions and ensuring energy affordability.

Zamarin described natural gas as America’s most powerful decarbonization tool, citing its role in displacing coal and oil. He pointed to past infrastructure projects, like the Constitution Pipeline, which were expected to save New England consumers over $11.5 billion in energy costs. Williams argues that similar benefits can be achieved through NESE, which could stabilize energy prices and increase supply security for the densely populated region.

The decision comes despite opposition from environmental groups and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who previously opposed fossil fuel infrastructure expansion. Still, Williams maintains that natural gas infrastructure remains essential for meeting current energy needs while advancing toward a lower-carbon future. Zamarin criticized reliance on imported energy when abundant domestic supply is available and underutilized.

This development aligns with conservative goals of energy independence and economic efficiency. It supports American jobs, utilizes domestic resources, and delivers direct benefits to millions of families facing high utility bills. The NESE pipeline, long stalled by regulatory battles, now moves forward as a significant step toward strengthening U.S. energy infrastructure and reducing reliance on foreign imports.

EPA Joins Trump’s AI War, Can America Beat China?

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is aligning itself with President Donald Trump’s push for American dominance in artificial intelligence (AI), with Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi declaring that winning the global AI race is “not optional.” Speaking at a Breitbart News policy event in Washington, DC, Fotouhi emphasized how the agency is working to support AI development while safeguarding environmental resources.

Fotouhi outlined a twofold approach: enabling external infrastructure growth to support AI and internally adopting AI to improve agency efficiency. “Data centers that will power the AI revolution require significant base load power and significant amounts of water,” he noted. To meet those needs, the EPA is examining how to reduce regulatory burdens that hinder power generation investment and is updating its water reuse action plan to limit groundwater depletion.

The Trump administration has made AI a national security priority. In July, the White House released a 23-page “America’s AI Action Plan,” calling for unmatched global technological dominance. “AI is the first digital service in modern life that challenges America to build vastly greater energy generation than we have today,” the plan stated, warning that China is accelerating toward AI supremacy.

A report from the Center for Security Policy echoed those concerns, labeling AI the new “cold war” and warning that Communist China is poised to control both the hardware and software driving AI globally. “If the Communist Party of China dominates… it will succeed in relegating the United States to a second-rate power,” the report cautioned.

Internally, the EPA is deploying AI to manage data, streamline permitting, and multiply the impact of existing staff. Fotouhi stressed that implementation is measured and methodical: “We’re not just sort of rolling anything out before we’ve proven the concept.”

NEOM Collapse? Saudi Vision 2030’s $1.5T Dream Crumbling Fast

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What was once hailed as the crown jewel of Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030” is now unraveling under the weight of fantasy and financial failure. NEOM, the ultra-futuristic city championed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), has reportedly devolved into a $50 billion construction graveyard, according to a damning exposé by the Financial Times.

NEOM’s centerpiece—“The Line”—was envisioned as a 100-mile mirrored skyscraper laid on its side, containing an indoor marina, a stadium overlooking a harbor, and vertical housing for millions. The concept captured global attention with Marvel-style animations and audacious promises. But eight years later, reality has crushed the dream. Construction has barely progressed, international investors have walked away, and top insiders are quietly bracing to break the news to MBS: NEOM, as imagined, is unbuildable.

The problems are staggering. Designs like a “chandelier skyscraper” dangling from a massive arch proved technically impossible. Basic infrastructure, like sewage systems, was overlooked—leading to bizarre fixes like a massive shuttle network to manage human waste. Other essentials, like runway construction, have stalled because engineers forgot to account for mountains.

Even more damning: the revised first phase of the project has been slashed from 20 “modules” to just three—too small to attract serious investment. The global supply of cement and steel is nowhere near enough to complete the original design. One insider bluntly called the project “uninvestable.”

Saudi Arabia, now running budget deficits, is shifting its focus toward AI and modest tech ventures with clearer returns. With the price of oil failing to meet expectations, the funding once promised to fuel MBS’s grand ambitions is drying up.

What remains is a half-finished mega-city, vacant runways, displaced tribal villages, jailed protestors, and growing doubts about whether NEOM was ever more than a high-gloss pipe dream.

Florida Drops Bombshell Lawsuit on Planned Parenthood

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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a sweeping lawsuit Thursday against Planned Parenthood, accusing the abortion giant of making false medical claims that abortion pills are “safer than Tylenol.” The state alleges this misleading marketing endangers women and violates Florida’s laws against deceptive business practices.

Uthmeier condemned Planned Parenthood’s actions in a statement: “It is vile that Planned Parenthood cares more about lining their pockets than providing women with factual information about the health risks of chemical abortion drugs.”

The complaint, filed in Santa Rosa County Circuit Court, claims the organization knowingly promoted a false safety narrative surrounding mifepristone, the first drug used in a two-part chemical abortion regimen. The lawsuit cites Planned Parenthood’s online statement comparing abortion pills to over-the-counter medications such as Tylenol, penicillin, and Viagra—calling them “very safe.” Florida’s legal filing charges that such comparisons are deceptive and amount to racketeering.

The lawsuit also references a 2023 study from the Ethics and Public Policy Center, which found that serious complications—including hemorrhaging, sepsis, and infection—occurred in 10.93% of women following mifepristone use, a rate dramatically higher than the FDA’s reported figure of less than 0.5%. The findings are based on insurance data from nearly 866,000 chemical abortions between 2017 and 2023.

Florida is seeking up to $350 million in damages and is asking the court to consider severe penalties—including the forced sale of Planned Parenthood property, the revocation of its license to perform abortions, or even corporate dissolution.

Planned Parenthood dismissed the lawsuit as a politically motivated stunt. “We will continue to be just as relentless in our effort to defend access to this safe, effective care,” said general counsel Susan Baker Manning.

The case follows a similar complaint filed by Missouri’s attorney general and intensifies the legal and political fight over the widespread use of abortion pills in America, which accounted for 63% of all U.S. abortions in 2023.

ICE Arrests Convicted Murderer Biden Set Free

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A convicted murderer from Moldova, previously released into the U.S. interior by the Biden administration, has been re-arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles. Victoria Sorocean, an illegal alien wanted in her home country for a brutal torture and murder, was taken into custody by ICE on November 4.

Sorocean was convicted in Moldova for a gruesome 2013 crime in which she and an accomplice tortured a victim by beating them with a stick and an electrical cable. The two then threw the victim out of a ninth-floor window in Chisinau, Moldova’s capital. She was sentenced to 17 years in prison but fled to the United States to avoid serving her sentence.

ICE initially arrested Sorocean in January 2020 during President Donald Trump’s first term. However, after she filed multiple asylum claims and legal appeals, the Biden administration released her in 2022 from Department of Homeland Security custody—despite her violent criminal history and international fugitive status.

“It shocks the conscience that the Biden Administration released into America a cruel, violent illegal alien who tortured a human being,” said DHS official Tricia McLaughlin in a statement. She emphasized that such foreign fugitives pose serious threats and that ICE remains focused on protecting the public.

Currently held by ICE, Sorocean is awaiting deportation back to Moldova to serve her prison sentence. Her arrest is part of the agency’s daily efforts to remove dangerous illegal aliens, many of whom have committed crimes either in the U.S. or abroad.

ICE officials noted that 70% of their arrests involve individuals charged with or convicted of crimes in the United States, not including international fugitives like Sorocean.

Trump’s Deregulation Blitz Targets Soaring Energy Costs

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President Donald Trump’s push to roll back energy regulations is aimed at lowering inflation and easing the cost of living, according to EPA Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi. Speaking at an exclusive Breitbart News event on Monday, Fotouhi outlined how the administration’s deregulatory focus on energy production directly supports affordability for American consumers.

John Carney, Breitbart’s Economics Editor and event moderator, noted the central role energy costs play in driving inflation. “Energy touches everything we buy,” Carney said, emphasizing how cheaper energy can lead to broad price reductions across the economy. He asked how the EPA plans to contribute to that affordability mission.

Fotouhi criticized the Biden administration’s energy policies, stating that a wave of new regulations under Biden increased costs without delivering meaningful environmental benefits. He cited updates to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards as a key example, noting that Trump-era standards already safeguarded public health. The Biden administration, however, imposed stricter emissions requirements under the pretext of newer technologies, adding substantial costs to power generation.

“These [new] requirements had little to no tie to actual environmental health outcomes,” Fotouhi said, arguing the added regulatory burden threatens to raise electricity bills at a time when Americans are struggling with high prices.

Fotouhi said the Trump administration has proposed reversing those regulatory changes and restoring the 2020 standards. The goal, he explained, is not only to lower utility bills but to drive down costs across the economy by making energy more affordable.

He emphasized that energy costs affect everything from manufacturing to small business services. “It’s the cost of the haircut that they’re purchasing from the barber shop down the street,” he said, illustrating the downstream effects of energy inflation on everyday expenses.

Fotouhi confirmed that the EPA’s efforts under President Trump remain focused on cutting unnecessary red tape and delivering economic relief without compromising essential environmental protections.

Trump’s Veterans Day Speech Stuns, ‘America Stands Tall’

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On Veterans Day, President Donald Trump delivered a solemn and patriotic address at Arlington National Cemetery, affirming that America’s strength and freedom are the direct result of the sacrifices made by her veterans. Speaking after a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Trump praised generations of American warriors who, he said, endured the horrors of war so others could live in peace.

“Generation after generation, America’s warriors have left behind the comforts of home and family to face violence, evil, and death, so that our families could know joy, goodness, and peace,” Trump told the crowd. “We honor them so strongly.”

He emphasized that the American Dream—revived under his administration—owes its continued survival to those who served in uniform. “Our heroes have lived through unthinkable nightmares so we could live the American dream, and the American Dream is coming back again, stronger than ever before,” he said.

Trump pointed to America’s 250-year legacy of freedom, crediting veterans for preserving it. “They have volunteered to give their last breaths to all of us so that we could breathe free,” he said. “America stands tall because America’s veterans stood so strong.”

The president also detailed how his administration has worked to improve care for veterans. His remarks highlighted the successful processing of 3 million previously backlogged VA claims, the addition of over 1 million service hours at VA centers, and the opening of 20 new facilities across more than a dozen states. He emphasized the restoration of VA Choice and Accountability, allowing veterans to access private healthcare when faced with delays in the government system.

Joining President Trump at Arlington were Vice President JD Vance, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins, and other top cabinet members and agency heads.

Judge Moves to Free Thousands, Migrant Release Sparks Outrage

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A Biden-appointed federal judge in Chicago is considering ordering the release of thousands of illegal migrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during its recent enforcement initiative, “Operation Midway Blitz.” U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings, appointed by President Joe Biden, has signaled he may impose what he calls “equitable relief” by requiring the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to release individuals already under ankle monitoring or other court-ordered supervision.

The potential ruling stems from allegations by pro-migrant activists that ICE violated a 2022 consent decree signed by the Biden administration. That agreement, known as the Castañon Nava settlement, was brokered with the ACLU and restricts how ICE agents can conduct warrantless arrests of illegal migrants, particularly those without a prior removal order. Consent decrees are court-enforced agreements that can bind future administrations.

Activist attorney Mark Fleming claimed that ICE has unlawfully arrested over 3,000 illegal migrants under Operation Midway Blitz. “We’ve started to dig into the case file that they produced to us, and the vast majority are violations,” he said, arguing that ICE has routinely ignored the terms of the 2022 settlement.

Under the decree, ICE must determine in advance whether a target is unlawfully present and whether they pose a flight risk before making an arrest. Activist lawyers insist that these standards are not being met, and they are pushing for a court order that would compel mass releases of those detained in recent raids.

However, DHS attorneys counter that the federal judiciary lacks the authority to override immigration enforcement protocols set by Congress. They argue that only the Secretary of Homeland Security has legal authority to grant parole or release individuals from ICE custody. “Federal courts cannot order the Department of Homeland Security to release any aliens on parole because Congress has stripped them of that authority,” DHS attorneys stated.

If Judge Cummings moves forward with the proposed order, it would mark a significant judicial intervention into federal immigration enforcement, and could set a precedent that limits the ability of ICE to act independently of politically motivated court settlements.

Gov’t Contacted Wuhan Researcher Years Before COVID

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Documents recently released by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) reveal that the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) contacted a coronavirus expert connected to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) years before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, chaired by Paul, found that the CIA and the Office of the Director for National Intelligence (ODNI) contacted Dr. Ralph Baric in 2015 to discuss a “possible project” related to [c]oronavirus evolution and possible natural human adaptation.” Nearly two months later, Baric and WIV’s Dr. Zhengli Shi published a paper on bat coronaviruses. The project was funded with taxpayer dollars under grants linked to gain-of-function research.

In 2018, the two researchers were “again listed as collaborators on EcoHealth Alliance’s DEFUSE proposal to DARPA, which sought to insert a furin cleavage site into a coronavirus, the same feature that later appeared in SARS-CoV-2,” Paul explained in a statement on X.

Two years later, COVID-19 spread from Wuhan, China, the same location listed in the research proposal and spread globally. Paul’s committee noted that the “same circle of scientists who had proposed risky gain-of-function experiments were suddenly advising the U.S. government on how to respond.”

Baric later shared with officials that an accidental lab leak was possible, although the hypothesis was branded as a conspiracy theory and condemned by health leaders.

One email shared by Paul appears to have been sent to Baric by an individual whose name is redacted. It says the individual “would like to get a clearer picture” of “Coronavirus evolution and possible natural human adaptation.”

Carrier Strike Group Enters Latin America

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The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group entered the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility on November 11. The move follows War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s effort to follow through on dismantling criminal networks.

According to the announcement, the carrier strike group will bolster the joint forces already in the region, including the Two Jima Amphibious Ready Group.

“The enhanced U.S. force presence in the USSOUTHCOM AOR will bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States homeland and our security in the Western Hemisphere,” said Chief Pentagon Spokesperson Sean Parnell. “These forces will enhance and augment existing capabilities to disrupt narcotics trafficking and degrade and dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations.”

“Through unwavering commitment and the precise use of our forces, we stand ready to combat the transnational threats that seek to destabilize our region,” said Adm. Alvin Holsey, Commander of SOUTHCOM. “The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group’s deployment represents a critical step in reinforcing our resolve to protect the security of the Western Hemisphere and the safety of the American homeland.”

The development comes as the Pentagon ordered the carrier strike group to deploy.

“In support of the President’s directive to dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) and counter narco-terrorism in defense of the Homeland, the Secretary of War has directed the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group and embarked carrier air wing to the U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) area of responsibility (AOR),” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell wrote in a social media statement at the time.

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