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Wyoming And Spokane Data Center Pauses Show NIMBY Fury Has Shifted From Nuclear To AI The latest cracks in the data center buildout story arrived this month from opposite ends of the energy-rich West. Crusoe paused development activities on its 1.8 GW “Project Jade” campus near Cheyenne, Wyoming, at the explicit request of its customer.  Just days later, Avista announced it was pausing processing of a 500 MW data center request in Spokane County after more than 5,000 community complaints, a proposed city council moratorium, and concerns over ratepayer costs and...

Anthropic To Feed Claude Official Voting Data Ahead Of November Midterms Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, Anthropic announced Wednesday that it will add official U.S. voting information and election results supplied by the nonprofit Democracy Works to its Claude chatbot ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Democracy Works provides "Americans with the guidance they need to vote in every election, every time." The nonprofit first partnered with Anthropic in 2024 "to prevent the misuse of AI in political contexts." In April 2026, Anthropic began showing Democracy Works' nonpartisan...

Illegal Immigrant Pleads Guilty To Purchasing 91 Firearms Authored by Allan Stein via The Epoch Times, An illegal immigrant from Mexico has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to purchasing 91 firearms and 40,000 rounds of ammunition. A sign displaying "No firearms in Mexico" its outside a border entry point in Naco, Ariz., on March 5, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon announced on Aug. 10 that Samuel Rodrigo Melo Santos pleaded guilty to being an alien in possession of a firearm and...