[FOX] A convicted felon from Massachusetts has pleaded guilty to illegally importing plutonium from Russia and selling the radioactive material and other highly toxic and hazardous materials to customers in the U.S. and abroad, while also pleading guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material.
Jacob D. Miller, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of ammunition, one count of being a felon in possession of explosive materials, one count of importing nuclear material without lawful authority, one count of mailing hazardous materials and one count of possession of child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts.
Miller was arrested on April 9, 2025, and indicted by a grand jury on April 17. He has remained in federal custody since his arrest.
He had previously been convicted on Feb. 9, 2004, in Massachusetts state court for possessing child pornography and possessing an explosive device. According to federal prosecutors, Miller received seven years of probation in the child pornography case and, in a separate case involving two counts of possessing an explosive device, was sentenced to 2½ years in jail and 10 years of probation.
After his release, Miller started a business called Collect The Periodic Table (CTPT) and sold samples of elements such as plutonium, which is highly radioactive, and thallium, which is highly toxic, according to prosecutors. In addition to selling through CTPT directly, Miller used an online third-party retailer, Bonanza, to make sales.
Miller imported plutonium from Russia and arranged for it to be mailed to him at his Massachusetts residence, prosecutors said. Between Dec. 30, 2020, and March 31, 2025, Miller sold plutonium to about 67 customers across the U.S. and abroad. Miller shipped the plutonium to his customers through a U.S. mail service, despite plutonium being a hazardous substance that was prohibited from being shipped.
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How much plutonium per customer? I can’t find the answer with a quick search. If we’re talking shipments to “collect the periodic table”, it may have been a pinch or so, enough to be visible, rather than significant quantities.
[FoxNews] The Justice Department says the policy gives illegal immigrants a $26,730 annual advantage over out-of-state citizens
The Trump administration is suing the University of Delaware over a tuition policy that allows certain illegal immigrants to pay lower in-state rates while American students from outside Delaware are charged thousands more.
The Justice Department argues the policy illegally gives undocumented students a financial benefit based on residency that is not offered on the same terms to U.S. citizens, making Delaware the latest target in the administration’s nationwide crackdown on immigration-related tuition benefits.
The DOJ alleges the University of Delaware charges Delaware residents approximately $15,740 per academic year, compared with approximately $42,470 for non-Delaware residents, coming to a $26,730 annual difference, with nonresident tuition roughly 2.7 times resident tuition.
It also alleges qualifying illegal immigrants can receive the $15,740 resident rate while U.S. citizens living outside Delaware are charged the higher rate, holding that the school is breaking federal law by putting the needs of illegal immigrants ahead of U.S. citizens, according to the DOJ’s press release, and is challenging the university’s policy which allows in-state tuition for illegal aliens while withholding reduced tuition to U.S. citizens.
It invokes 8 U.S.C. §1623(a), which says an immigrant who is not lawfully present cannot receive a state-residency-based postsecondary education benefit unless U.S. citizens can receive that benefit regardless of their state residency, and argues UD's policy therefore conflicts with federal law.
Additionally, it says the policy is independently unlawful under 8 U.S.C. §1621 because the benefit was established through university policy rather than an enacted Delaware state law. DOJ describes the policy as being "preempted twice over," and also calls the policy "blatant unequal treatment."
"This Department of Justice’s efforts will not cease until we have challenged every state law or university policy that gives preferential treatment to illegal aliens over our nation’s own citizens," Stanley E. Woodward Jr., associate attorney general, said in a statement.
[DM] Controversial televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a Christian television empire, died Monday at the age of 86.
'It is with a broken heart that I share that my beloved husband, Jim Bakker, went home to be with the Lord this evening,' his wife, Lori Bakker, wrote.
Lori said Bakker's final moments were filled with faith after he devoted 66 years of his life to preaching the gospel.
Bakker was best known for hosting The PTL Club, short for The Praise the Lord Club, a popular Christian television show that aired from the 1970s through the late 1980s, as well as developing Heritage USA, the now-defunct Christian theme park.
The show was launched with his ex-wife, Tammy Faye Messner, reaching as many as 13 million views daily while generating an annual revenue of as much as $129 million, before the empire became riddled with scandal.
Bakker handed in his resignation to the ministry in 1987 after allegedly paying $265,000 in hush money to a church secretary, Jessica Hahn, who said she had been sexually assaulted by Bakker while she was 21 years old.
Hahn claimed that in 1980 she met the married televangelist in a hotel room in Clearwater Beach under the guise that she would be watching his show after she was invited by a colleague.
However, in 2017 she told the Charlotte Observer they had sex and that she was made to keep quiet: 'It was "Just keep your mouth shut, Jess, because this is a church."'
[JTN] President Donald Trump has focused much of his second term on bringing industry, wealth and progress back to the American heartland. Following the recent exposure of America's residency programs as roughly 70% to 100% foreigners, concerns have reached a fever pitch over the quality of foreign education prior to entry into the U.S. and dicey accreditation portals.
"Unfortunately, our healthcare system is being taken over by people that trained in other countries, and 25% of today's doctors trained or grew up in another country, and we're seeing this influx of students from other countries who are taking residency spots from American medical students," Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, told Just The News.
Bowden, a physician and author of the book, Dangerous Misinformation: The Virus, the Treatments and the Lies, continued, "We have about 30,000 medical students graduate every year. We have about 44,000 training spots or residency positions, and we leave out 7% of medical students who don't get a residency spot, and then those spots, those 7% plus an additional 14,000 spots are taken by foreign medical graduates."
"They often don't have the same rigorous standards that the United States has, and it can be difficult to verify their credentials, and there is concern that do all these students really have the credentials that they claim to have," Bowden cautioned.
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"They often don't have the same rigorous standards that the United States has, and it can be difficult to verify their credentials, and there is concern that do all these students really have the credentials that they claim to have," Bowden cautioned.
The hospitals and HMOs don't care, so long as they keep the costs down.
[Federalist] 24’s new movie, Primetime, is a fictionalized drama inspired by the popular 2000s real-life investigative television show To Catch A Predator. Hosted by journalist Chris Hansen, the original program famously led to the arrests of 256 alleged child predators, about half of whom were convicted. This new film takes a controversial approach. It shifts the focus away from the perpetrators, using clever framing and narrative choices to portray the pedophiles as victims and to frame Hansen’s pursuit of justice as a morally grey crusade driven by a quest for fame.
Primetime, which debuted on Sept. 25, earned nearly $20 million on its opening weekend, putting it fourth in domestic rankings. The film is alarming because it is beautifully shot, well acted, and has a tight script. It has earned its artistic merits. It is such a well-made film that it has moments of being terrifyingly persuasive. But ultimately, audiences must confront the question: Why are we creating art that makes us question whether pedophilia is wrong?
Primetime follows Hollywood’s trend of undercutting heroes and empathizing with villains. This has become a notable feature of modern cinema, such as with films like Maleficent and Steps, which try to vindicate villains. Primetime cunningly borrows the subversive tropes from those films.
Hansen’s actions are easy to call into question when the film’s creators place him in dimly lit backrooms or ominously shoot him reading the perverted chat exchanges from the child predators. The creators treat cops like absent-minded idiots, having one officer locking himself out of his car for laughs. NBC gets portrayed as "evil corporate suits," instead of the company whose programming helps expose and arrest pedophiles.
On the other hand, Primetime gently insinuates that the pedophiles aren’t bad guys who are responsible for their own actions. Rather, it pretends that these monsters are tools Hansen and NBC are using to get higher ratings.
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For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
-- Ephesians 6:12
[FoxNews] Alliance Defending Freedom filed an emergency application with Justice Elena Kagan seeking an injunction pending appeal
A Washington family has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in after lower courts refused to let a teenage wrestler compete this season without being matched against a male athlete.
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed an emergency application with Justice Elena Kagan on behalf of K.M.K. and her mother, Stephanie Lynne Brown. The filing asks for an injunction pending appeal in K.M.K. v. Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA). The plaintiff is listed only as K.M.K. She is Kallie Keeler, the Puyallup-area wrestler who has spoken publicly about her experience in being allegedly sexually assaulted by a trans athlete during a match.
Keeler has been on the mat since she was 4. Wrestling was the season she waited for all year. She has not competed in a WIAA event since leaving the team in January, and she has said she is unsure she will return if she can be paired against a male again without notice.
The application says Keeler was 15 when she wrestled for third place at the Lady Jag Kickoff on Dec. 6, 2025, a girls’ tournament at Emerald Ridge High School. She and her mother say they were not told her opponent was male. During the match, they allege, the opponent penetrated her. Another team’s coach told her afterward that the opponent was male, the family says.
So that’s rape, right?
When Brown asked for a guarantee that her daughter would not have to face a male without penalty, and for notice so she could opt out, the district refused. It offered forfeiture if Keeler already knew the opponent was male. It said gender-identity information would be kept confidential.
"No girl should have to choose between playing the sports she loves and her safety," the application says. It asks the Court to bar officials from forcing Keeler to wrestle a male while the appeal goes forward, or at least to require notice and a no-penalty opt-out.
The defendants are the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Superintendent Chris Reykdal, and the Puyallup School District. The athlete and the athlete’s family are not parties.
"The WIAA remains committed to following Washington State law which permits student-athletes to participate in sports consistent with the gender with which they identify," the organization said in a statement to OutKick. "If state law changes in the future, the WIAA holds the authority to revise policies as necessary to remain in compliance with state law.
"The WIAA will not comment further on a matter in litigation."
A federal judge in Tacoma denied a preliminary injunction on Aug. 23. The Ninth Circuit denied an emergency injunction on Sept. 25, calling the request a mandatory injunction and finding no likelihood of success strong enough to justify relief before the season. Wrestling in Washington opens in mid-November. ADF says that without an order now, Keeler loses the season Title IX is supposed to protect.
The filing leans on the Supreme Court’s June 30 decision in West Virginia v. B.P.J., which held that states may limit girls’ teams to biological females, and on Mirabelli v. Bonta, a March parental-rights order.
The U.S. Department of Education opened a Title IX investigation into the district in February. Two Rogers High School administrators were later charged with failing to make a mandatory report. Prosecutors did not charge the opponent.
The district has previously declined to comment, citing student privacy and litigation. OutKick sought comment from the Puyallup School District and the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction on the Supreme Court application.
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Because they need the votes.
The Liberals, Socialists and Democrats party's (LSD's) leadership, will embrace any sizable faction that votes for them.
Violent or abusive Mental Illness related acts, must be addressed and treated. Such acts must NOT tolerated or seen as an oddity or new civil right.
Perversion and the harms it inflects on others, must be quickly and seriously dealt with in a legal manner. The legal result must protect individuals and society from harm.
[DM] Almost a year after a scandalous couple was accused of running a disturbing surrogacy business scheme in California, their lawyer has made claims about why the duo wanted nearly two dozen children.
Guojun Xuan and his partner Silvia Zhang, who were 65 and 38 at the time of their arrest last year, were taken into custody on May 9 on suspicion of child abuse and neglect at their castle-like $4.1 million Arcadia mansion.
Arcadia Police had found 21 surrogate-born children, ranging in age from two months to 13 years, across multiple properties the couple had owned.
The couple’s attorney said that his client, Xuan, wanted to have many kids because he believed they could make meaningful contributions to society when they grew up.
Mitchell Krems described his client's cause as ‘rooted in a desire to help create good citizens,’ during an interview with ABC News 7.
He told the outlet that Xuan wanted to spend his resources to help his children become educated and do good for the world.
The couple has been under state and federal investigation since last summer. They were out of jail on $500,000 bail each and have not been seen publicly since their arrest.
[FOX] Vice President JD Vance announced a major federal boost to Alaska's power grid on Monday, granting $150 million in Defense Production Act (DPA) funding to develop a new major power line.
Vance announced the move in tandem with the Department of Energy and the Alaska Energy Authority, with officials saying the grid will reduce energy costs for 75% of Alaska residents.
The Beluga-Healy Transmission Project will create a second high-voltage connection between the south-central and interior of Alaska, officials say.
"And today, we're taking another major step towards making that promise of energy dominance a reality, which is why I am especially excited to announce the Alaska Rail Belt Transmission Project, which is going to devote $400 million to building out your state's power grid," Vance said.
"With this project, ladies and gentlemen, the Trump administration will help develop more than 200 miles of new transmission line, lowering costs and strengthening grid reliability for 75% of the population of this state," he said.
[FOX] A New York City Police Department detective was released from the hospital after he was stabbed multiple times during a robbery in the Bronx last week, according to officials.
Detective Jose Mercedes was wheeled out of Jacobi Medical Center in Morris Park on Monday before standing up in front of a group of clapping officers.
"Today, in another incredible feat of strength and determination, Detective Mercedes got up from his wheelchair and walked out of Jacobi Medical Center on his own two feet. Hundreds of members of the NYPD were there to cheer their brother on," Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on X.
[ToloNews] The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan officially opened the Wakhan Corridor road on Sunday, establishing a road connection between Afghanistan and China.
Construction of the more than 121-kilometer road, stretching from the Boroghil border area to the zero point on the Chinese border in Wakhan district of northeastern Badakhshan province, began two years ago.
The unpaved road cost the Islamic Emirate 365 million afghanis.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Abdul Latif Mansour, Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, said the road holds strategic, political and economic importance for Afghanistan.
"The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has prioritized such public projects, especially in provinces that are most in need. There are no foreign engineers or advisers; all the engineers are Afghans," Mansour said.
Meanwhile,
...back at the Alamo, Davy was counting their remaining cannon balls and not liking the results... Rahmatullah Najib, governor of Badakhshan, said that after 45 years of war in the country, the Afghan people are witnessing the completion of such a major project in one of Afghanistan’s most remote areas.
The Wakhan Corridor, which includes part of one of Afghanistan’s national parks, attracts both domestic and international tourists. The number of visitors is expected to increase as further development projects are implemented in the area.
Wakhan is one of Afghanistan’s most remote regions and borders China’s Xinjiang region and Tajikistan, as well as areas along the hypothetical Durand Line.
The road linking Afghanistan with China is expected to play an important role in the country’s trade, economic development and regional transit.
…once upon a time the Gülenists ran all the Turkish schools abroad. But then President Erdogan turned on his very dearest friend, Fethullen Gülen, arrested every Gülenist that could be found, confiscated their assets to enrich the empty national treasury, and took over the Gülen schools, which until then had provided an excellent secular education with a Turkey-oriented Islamist slant. Clearly, the schools are still teaching, still funded by the Turkish government ten years later...
during the inauguration of the Afghan-Turk School in Aino Mina, Kandahar, announced that it plans to further expand its educational services in Afghanistan.
Ahmet Tokur, head of the foundation, said that a large number of people in Afghanistan are satisfied with the services provided by the Turkiye Maarif Foundation.
Ahmet Tokur added: "Under an agreement signed in 2018, the Afghan-Turk Maarif Foundation is expected to launch its educational services in all 34 provinces, and we will do so after assessing the needs, demands, and opportunities."
Mohammad Noman, a student at the Afghan-Turk School in Kandahar, said: "I want to become a cardiologist in the future, and that is why I have started my education here."
Nazir Ahmad, another student at the school, said: "My goal is to become a capable doctor in the future so that I can serve my fellow citizens, and God willing, I will achieve this goal."
Kandahar residents are calling on the Ottoman Turkish government to also launch higher education services in southern Afghanistan.
Sediq Mohmand, a tribal elder in Kandahar, said: "I ask the head of the Afghan-Turk Foundation in Afghanistan to establish a university in Aino Mina, Kandahar, or another part of Kandahar city, based on the promise made to us. This would be an unforgettable contribution to the people of Afghanistan."
The Turkiye Maarif Foundation provides educational services in 64 countries around the world and has announced that it will open a new school in Khost and a university-level faculty in Kabul in 2027.
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which until then had provided an excellent secular education with a Turkey-oriented Islamist slant.
Think Moslem Jesuits, if you need a comparison. They turned out driven, highly competent, successful, Turkey-oriented proto-Moslem Brotherhooders, both male and female, who looked forward to aiding in the establishment of the neo-Ottoman sultanate when the time came. In the meantime, they helped one another succeed and turned their excess profits over to the organization that was eventually headquartered somewhere in the wilds of Pennsylvania, as I recall. President Erdogan tried to get Mr. Gülen extradited to Turkey, but not one American president fell for his wiles.
[BB] Brazil held its 2026 general elections on Sunday, a large-scale electoral event that saw a nearly 79 percent turnout by the nation’s over 158.7 million voters. The first round of the presidential election saw Bolsonaro defy all polls and win in the first round with 47.03 percent of the votes against Lula’s 45.16 percent. As neither candidate obtained the 50 percent majority of the votes cast to win in the first round, a runoff election between Bolsonaro and Lula will take place on Sunday, October 25.
Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro and now the presidential frontrunner for the Liberal Party (PL), spoke to reporters after the results came in. The conservative senator declared that Sunday’s election marked “the end of the era” of Lula’s ruling far-left Workers’ Party and announced that he will work in concert with elected PL representatives towards securing a victory in the upcoming runoff.
“I was very happy to see how many Brazilians went to the polls to make their voices heard, they didn’t stay on the sidelines. It’s the end of the PT era; change in the country is now a reality,” Bolsonaro said, per Jovem Pan.
“I am very happy with the result — nearly 56 million Brazilians have given me this vote of confidence for change. The key word is change,” he added.
[DAILY WIRE] Poland’s top diplomat in the United States is labeling podcaster Tucker Carlson an "apologist for Adolf Hitler."
Bogdan Klich, the chargé d’affaires of Poland’s Embassy in Washington, is calling on Carlson to publicly retract remarks in which he appeared to justify Nazi Germany’s 1939 invasion of Poland, calling the comments "a colossal insult to the millions of victims of Nazism."
"Mr. Carlson, I am outraged by the false and deeply troubling statements you made regarding the outbreak of the Second World War," Klich wrote in a Monday letter addressed to the commentator.
The remarks came during an hour-long interview with Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, a British politician, which aired Friday on The Tucker Carlson Show. The conversation focused initially on Britain’s military preparedness and the threat posed by Russia before turning to the Second World War.
After Rees-Mogg said it would have been difficult to fight the war without innocent people being killed, Carlson replied that he had "never understood why fight the Second World War in the first place."
Carlson went on to argue that Hitler’s claim to Polish territory had merit, saying that 15 percent of Poland had once been German and was awarded to Poland under the Treaty of Versailles. "That was his case. And by the way, that was true," Carlson said, adding that the notion that Hitler invaded Poland without provocation was "a lie." He also asserted that Britain "had nothing to do with it at all."
Rees-Mogg rejected that view, calling the conflict "the classic good versus evil" and arguing that Hitler would have taken as much territory as he could.
In his letter, Klich said Carlson’s justification of the invasion insulted the victims of Nazism, "including hundreds of thousands of American soldiers who had been killed or wounded while liberating Europe from the occupation by the Third Reich."
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Rees-Mogg rejected that view, calling the conflict "the classic good versus evil" and arguing that Hitler would have taken as much territory as he could.
[yahoo] August Hanning, the former head of Germany's BND foreign intelligence service, has been arrested on suspicion of espionage.
The 80-year-old is under investigation for attempted treason and acting as an agent for a foreign intelligence service, the Federal Public Prosecutor General confirmed on Tuesday.
Hanning led the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) between 1998 and 2005, before becoming a private security adviser.
A former employee was also detained on suspicion of supplying his former boss with confidential information after Hanning left the service.
German media outlets WDR, NDR and the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that the foreign intelligence service was not Russian.
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[Regnum] A fire broke out on the French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle during maintenance. The newspaper Figaro reported this on October 5, citing data from the Mediterranean Maritime Prefecture.
The incident occurred while the aircraft carrier was in the port of Toulon. It had returned there in July after a visit to the Middle East.
A fire broke out this morning in one of the aircraft carrier's technical rooms next to the aircraft hangar. It is suspected to have been caused by work using a gas burner.
The fire was contained within an hour. No one was injured. No damage to the ship's reactor equipment was reported.
Charles de Gaulle is the only aircraft carrier of the French Armed Forces.
**Fire is widely regarded as a powerful psychological and spiritual cleansing agent** because it symbolizes **transformation, renewal, and the removal of impurity** through its destructive yet purifying nature.
* **Symbolic Purification**: Across cultures and spiritual traditions, fire is seen as the "supreme purifier" that burns away the superficial, temporary, or negative, leaving only the essential truth or "essence" in the ash.
* **Psychological Release**: The act of burning objects or visualizing flames serves as a **ritual of letting go**, helping individuals release suppressed anger, trauma, or stagnant energy, which facilitates emotional healing and mental clarity.
* **Neurological Calm**: Watching fire triggers a state of **"soft fascination"** and meditative relaxation, reducing stress hormones like cortisol and dopamine levels, which creates a mental environment conducive to introspection and resetting.
* **Transformation**: Fire represents the **Phoenix archetype**, where destruction is necessary for rebirth; this metaphor helps individuals psychologically process change by viewing the end of old patterns as a prerequisite for new growth.
Fire setting is a significant problem for society, costing many human lives and causing great property damage. One important risk factor of fire setting observed in forensic samples is fire interest. However, less is known about the relationship of fire interest and fire setting to other variables such as personality traits in subclinical samples. In this study, we observed the relationship of potentially important personality traits with fire interest and fire setting in a sample of N = 222 students. In addition to zero-order correlations, we calculated path models and a logistic regression including all predictor variables. From the Dark Tetrad, consisting of psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellianism, and three facets of sadism, psychopathy, and physical sadism were found to be associated with fire interest and fire setting. Furthermore, vicarious sadism was associated with fire interest. The other Dark Tetrad traits and four sensation seeking facets did not substantially add to the predictions. This confirms the results of previous studies with clinical and forensic samples with psychopathy and sadism as relevant predictors for fire interest and fire setting. Our results also provide evidence for viewing sadism as the multidimensional construct discriminating between vicarious and other forms of sadism, for the distinction of psychopathy and Machiavellianism, and for the Dark Tetrad being linked to object related violence.
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...Fires on ships under repair or maintenance are a LOT more common than you'd think. The Russian carrier, of course, but the Bon Homme Richard a year or so back, the old Constellation while she was under construction, and the Brits lost a fleet carrier to a fire in the early 50s.
**Laundry fires are among the most common types of onboard shipboard fires**, frequently occurring on both military vessels and commercial cruise ships due to the combination of **lint buildup, electrical faults, and the high heat generated by industrial dryers**.
On the USS *Gerald R. Ford* (CVN-78), a significant laundry fire on **March 12, 2026**, in the Red Sea during *Operation Epic Fury*, highlighted these hazards. The blaze, which started in the main laundry space, took over **30 hours to extinguish** and spread through ventilation ducts into adjacent berthing areas, displacing **more than 600 sailors** and damaging over 100 racks. While the Navy stated the fire was non-combat-related and the ship remained fully operational, the incident forced the carrier to port at Souda Bay, Greece, for repairs, including the transfer of **1,000 mattresses** from the USS *John F. Kennedy* (CVN-79). Experts cite **deferred maintenance** and **extended deployments** (exceeding 260 days at sea) as contributing factors, noting that equipment running past normal service intervals increases the risk of mechanical failure and human error.
[FoxBusiness] President Donald Trump is giving truckers a new way to fight pain at the pump, signing an executive order that temporarily lets them fill up with red-dyed diesel normally barred from highway use.
"They’re going to be very happy in about two seconds," Trump said during remarks in Grand Island, Nebraska, before announcing the relief.
The order allows off-road diesel on highways and defers the federal excise tax through year’s end without interest or penalties, according to the White House.
The administration estimates truckers could save more than $100 per refill.
"So tonight I’m going to sign a historic executive order to officially waive the off-road requirement and allow anyone to purchase tax-free red-dye diesel for any reason," Trump said.
Trump called the fuel "tax free," but the order postpones the federal tax payment while directing Treasury officials to explore eliminating the deferred bill.
The Treasury secretary will carry out that directive in consultation with the secretary of war, according to the White House fact sheet.
Red-dyed diesel typically powers farm equipment and construction machinery. Its color helps authorities spot highway use without payment of applicable taxes.
The temporary change makes that fuel available for highway use as the administration seeks to lower costs for truckers, farmers and workers.
**Red diesel**, also known as **dyed diesel**, **gas oil**, or **off-road diesel**, is standard diesel fuel marked with a red dye to distinguish it from taxable on-road fuel. Chemically, it is **identical** to regular ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD), meaning the dye does not affect engine performance, fuel quality, or emissions.
The primary difference is **taxation and legal usage**. Red diesel is sold at a **lower price** because it is exempt from federal and state highway fuel taxes. Consequently, its use is **strictly limited** to off-road applications such as:
* **Agriculture**: Tractors and farming equipment.
* **Construction**: Bulldozers, excavators, and heavy machinery.
* **Industrial**: Generators, heating systems, and mining equipment.
Using red diesel in **on-road vehicles** like cars or commercial trucks is **illegal** in most jurisdictions, including the United States and the United Kingdom. Enforcement agencies use chemical tests to detect the dye, and violators face significant fines and penalties for tax evasion.
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The dye stays in the system as well, especially the filter, even with switching to un-dyed diesel, which is the point of the dye so on on-road rig doesn't fill with the tax exempt when puttering backroads then switch back to un-dyed when hitting the major roads with check points.
I'm fine with this, just pointing out that if in the future there is a return to the dye-undyed system there will be issues.
[FOX] Google and Constellation Energy announced a deal Tuesday to increase output from existing U.S. nuclear plants and use Google’s artificial intelligence tools to help manage energy operations.
Under a 20-year power purchase agreement, Google will support upgrades at 11 Constellation-owned nuclear units in Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The companies say the work will add 890 megawatts of power to the PJM electric grid, which serves about 67 million people across 13 states and Washington, D.C.
The added power is roughly equal to the output of a new nuclear reactor, but the companies are not building one. Instead, Constellation will upgrade equipment at its existing plants, including turbines, steam generators and digital control systems. The first increase in power is expected in 2028.
The companies also announced an “AI for Energy” plan that will put Google Cloud and Gemini Enterprise tools to work at Constellation.
Constellation plans to use the technology to help choose sites, model power flows, speed up permitting and grid connections, monitor equipment and manage outages. Google’s technology will also be used to help protect critical energy infrastructure.
“We’re committed to meeting our growth responsibly by actively investing in clean, reliable power that brings new capacity to our nation's grids,” Amanda Peterson Corio, Google's global head of energy and power, said in a news release announcing the deal.
Constellation said the nuclear upgrades represent more than $4.3 billion in investment and are expected to create about 7,200 construction jobs while supporting roughly 4,400 existing jobs.
Google and Constellation also signed a separate 15-year agreement covering 2,700 megawatts of Constellation’s existing power generation and agreed to explore other energy projects in the U.S.
Inside a sprawling Texas data center campus, blinking tower lights and rows of neatly organized cables power the technology Americans use every day. Keeping it all running, however, takes an army of electricians, mechanics, technicians and construction workers — and the industry says it needs more of them.
"Unfortunately, there was a war on blue-collar jobs a while back and everybody had to get a four-year degree. I’m so glad that’s over with," Compass Datacenters CEO Chris Crosby told Fox News Digital while giving a glimpse behind the scenes of the infrastructure that powers the digital world.
"I am tired of the elitism that this doesn't create jobs," Crosby said, arguing that blue-collar careers deserve to be taken seriously. He pointed to the workers at Compass’s Red Oak campus and the construction crews who built it.
"You tell that to the 900 people who work here on this campus and you tell that to the thousands of construction workers who have worked here for five years plus," he said.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
BREAKING: Israel says pilot tried to hijack flydubai flight to Tel Aviv that diverted, landed in Saudi Arabia
