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Buried For 7 Years: Declassified Transcripts Blow Up Trump Impeachment Story
Buried For 7 Years: Declassified Transcripts Blow Up Trump Impeachment Story
In a long-awaited release that sent ripples through Washington on Monday, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) has declassified closed-door 2019 transcripts from briefings with then-Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) Michael Atkinson. The documents, withheld from the public for over seven years, reveal critical details about the anonymous “whistleblower” whose complaint about President Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky triggered Trump's first impeachment - details that directly contradict the narrative of a neutral, non-partisan civil...
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Mar 24, 2026 / Tyler Durden
"Emergencies" Requiring Coal Plants To Stay Open Need Not Be Imminent, DOE Tells Court
"Emergencies" Requiring Coal Plants To Stay Open Need Not Be Imminent, DOE Tells Court
By Ethan Howland of UtilityDive
The U.S. Department of Energy’s secretary has broad authority under the Federal Power Act to declare emergencies to keep power plants from retiring, and those emergencies don’t have to be imminent, DOE told a federal appeals court last week in response to challenges over its orders keeping a Michigan coal plant online.
“The statute’s text grants the Secretary discretion to determine that an emergency exists,” DOE said in a March 17 brief...
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May 3, 2026 / Tyler Durden
In "Watershed Moment" China Orders Companies To Defy US Sanctions
In "Watershed Moment" China Orders Companies To Defy US Sanctions
China ordered companies in the country not to comply with US sanctions on five domestic refiners linked to the Iranian oil trade, deploying for the first time a blocking measure introduced in 2021 that was aimed at protecting its firms from foreign laws it deemed unjustified.
Refiners - including Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery which was sanctioned last month and several other privately-owned processors - had been facing asset freezes and transaction bans. Hengli was the most ambitious target to date in China’s refining sector, and...
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May 2, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Spirit Airlines 'Bites The Dust' As All Flights Canceled
Spirit Airlines 'Bites The Dust' As All Flights Canceled
The collapse of bankrupt Spirit Airlines is now official.
After several failed attempts by the Trump administration to engineer a rescue package, including a proposed $500 million financing deal that could have left the U.S. government with control of up to 90% of the budget carrier, negotiations broke down late this week.
By Saturday morning, Spirit had begun winding down operations, with all flights canceled and the carrier entering liquidation mode.
The outcome marks the final flight for the budget airline, crushed by...
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