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"We Can't Move Forward": Brookfield-Backed Compass Abandons Virginia Data Center Project
"We Can't Move Forward": Brookfield-Backed Compass Abandons Virginia Data Center Project
Compass Datacenters is abandoning a massive data center project in Northern Virginia after what Bloomberg described as "intense pushback from local residents."
The retreat comes as local opposition to data center buildouts accelerates nationwide, with residents increasingly furious over surging power demand, soaring electricity bills, land-use battles, and transmission lines cutting through neighborhoods and farmland.
We were the first to describe the epicenter of the data center buildout revolt in the Mid-Atlantic area, all the way back in the summer of...
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Dr. Oz Demands States Take Action On Medicaid Fraud
Dr. Oz Demands States Take Action On Medicaid Fraud
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) demanded that states across the nation take action to crack down on fraud in Medicaid, one of the federal government’s health insurance programs.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, speaks during an interview with EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders” in Washington on Jan. 16, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
In letters to state Medicaid directors, CMS Administrator...
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