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The data center OpenAI is building in southern Ohio will draw its power from what would be the largest fossil-fuel power plant ever constructed in the United States, and the Trump administration is racing its environmental review to the finish.

According to Heatmap News, the federal review of the PORTS-Pike project's 9.2-gigawatt natural gas plant began July 10 and is slated to wrap by Dec. 23, roughly seven months to clear a facility bigger than five of Ohio's largest existing power plants combined. Regulators are handling it with an "environmental assessment," the lighter of the two federal review options, rather than a full environmental impact statement.

CNN's Erin Burnett caught Fox News' Sean Hannity completely stumbling over his past remarks about the importance of politicians being fluent in foreign policy.

It all came after freshly appointed Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) was put on the spot about Taiwan defense at a debate and couldn't come up with any meaningful answer, admitting she's "not that informed" on national security.

FBI Director Kash Patel sued The Atlantic to clear his name, and legal analyst Michael Popok was taken aback, as he may have just handed the magazine the keys to his phone.

On his MeidasTouch show Legal AF, Popok picked apart Patel's latest move in his $250 million defamation suit over an April article that alleged excessive drinking, unexplained absences and episodes of being unreachable — claims Patel has called "unequivocally categorically false."

The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board does not trust President Donald Trump's new vows to inflict economic devastation on Iran, as his war continues to flounder.

The president's "blustering threats, alternating with claims of imminent peace and victory, are doubted by friends and foe," wrote the board, which has been a frequent critic of Trump's strategy in Iran, if not his ultimate goal of dismantling the regime.

MAGA-loyalist Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers is trying to court Jewish Democrats to defect to his campaign — but so far, his messaging has not landed, local Jewish leaders are saying.

Rogers, who lost his 2024 Senate race by fewer than 20,000 votes, is now targeting Jewish voters uneasy with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed, one of the most vocal Israel critics running statewide this year, NOTUS reported. This week brought a new Rogers campaign ad featuring a self-described "pi--ed off Democrat," plus a circulating open letter from Jewish Democrats urging their community to back Rogers over El-Sayed, whom Rogers has previously called "beyond antisemitic."

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is expected to be gone by the end of the year after he insisted just four months ago he was going nowhere.

Driscoll, a former Army Ranger and close friend of Vice President JD Vance, is expected to step down by year's end, if not sooner, after months of bruising tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing people familiar with the discussions. Spokesmen for the Pentagon and Driscoll declined to comment.

President Donald Trump's plan to lower sky-high beef prices before the midterms has triggered a rare rebellion from within his own party, with ranchers, senators, and even his health-food allies calling it a betrayal.

Trump announced Friday he'll remove duties on 300,000 metric tons of imported beef, claiming suppliers agreed to sell at a 25% discount that consumers will feel at checkout. The tariff relief lasts just 90 days, conveniently expiring right after November's midterm elections. A formal executive order is expected within two weeks.

Attorney General Todd Blanche's efforts to talk the Anti-Weaponization Fund to death without committing to it in writing have handed a federal court the tools to finish the job.

Allison Gill, a former Department of Veterans Affairs health specialist and co-host and co-founder of the Mueller, She Wrote podcast, filed a summary judgment motion Friday in San Diego federal court.

President Donald Trump is in no rush to hand the White House podium to Scott Jennings, and on Friday he made a point of dropping a new name into the mix.

Asked about his search for a press secretary to replace the departing Karoline Leavitt, Trump gave the CNN pundit a lukewarm nod before pivoting.