#Ministry of Energy and; Minerals

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Somaliland’s Strategic Approach to Energy Policy: Balancing Needs With Aspirations

@MMaresca98: In a strategic move, #Somaliland's strategic #EnergyPolicy balances immediate needs with long-term development goals, exemplified by its partnership with #Taiwan. This collaboration aims to diversify energy sources & build a robust wind & solar industry, paving the way for #EconomicGrowth and job creation. As Somaliland prepares for its first exploration well by the end of 2025, the potential for sustainable energy infrastructure is on the horizon. With the support of international stakeholders like the #US & #UAE, Somaliland is set to enhance its #EnergyEfficiency & reduce dependence on costly imports. #InternationalCooperation #SustainableDevelopment

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Somaliland: Ministry of Energy and Minerals Holds Review Meeting for Its Five-Year Plan

By Goth Mohamed Goth Hargeisa – Officials from the Ministry of Energy and Minerals of Somaliland organized a preparatory meeting to review the ministry’s five-year strategic plan. The meeting was attended by experts and senior stakeholders with extensive experience in preparing and implementing strategic plans. During the session, participants analyzed the challenges and opportunities facing the…

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China’s Ministry of Commerce announced Thursday that export controls on antimony would take effect Sept. 15. Antimony is used in bullets, nuclear weapons production and lead-acid batteries. It can also strengthen other metals.

“Three months ago, there’s no way [any] one would have thought they would have done this. It’s quite confrontational in that regard,” Lewis Black, CEO of Canada-based Almonty Industries, said in a phone interview. The company has said it’s spending at least $125 million to reopen a tungsten mine in South Korea later this year.

Tungsten is nearly as hard as a diamond, and used in weapons, semiconductors and industrial cutting machines. Both tungsten and antimony are on the U.S. critical minerals list, and less than 10 elements away from each other on the periodic table.[...]

China accounted for 48% of global antimony mine production in 2023, while the U.S. did not mine any marketable antimony, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s latest annual report. The U.S. has not commercially mined tungsten since 2015, and China dominates global tungsten supply, the report said.[...]

The U.S. has sought to restrict China’s access to high-end semiconductors, following which Beijing announced export controls on germanium and gallium, two metals used in chipmaking.

While tungsten is also used to make semiconductors, the metal, like antimony, is used in defense production.

“China has a declining tungsten production, but tungsten is absolutely vital, far more than antimony, in military applications,” said Christopher Ecclestone, principal and mining strategist at Hallgarten & Company.

He expects China will put export controls on tungsten by the end of the year, if not in the next month or two.[...]

Starting in 2026, the U.S. REEShore Act prohibits the use of Chinese tungsten in military equipment. That refers to the Restoring Essential Energy and Security Holdings Onshore for Rare Earths Act of 2022.[...]

China is acting more in retaliation “against what it views as an intrusion into its national interests,” Markus Herrmann Chen, co-founder and managing director of China Macro Group, said in an email.

He pointed out that China’s Third Plenum meeting of policymakers in July “put forward a completely new policy goal of better coordinating the entire minerals value chain, likely reflecting the further heightened supply importance of ‘strategic mineral resources’ for both business and geoeconomic interests.”

Stupid games:[X] Prizes [20 Aug 24]

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British Columbia is proposing legal changes that would allow the government to regulate the supply of electricity to cryptocurrency miners. A statement from the Ministry of Energy says cryptocurrency miners consume large amounts of electricity to constantly run high-powered computers while creating very few jobs or economic opportunities. It says the legislative amendments would allow the government to prohibit or restrict the provision of electricity to cryptocurrency miners because “unchecked growth” of the sector could make it challenging and more costly to provide electricity to homes and other businesses.

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Drone strikes Chernobyl Nuclear Plant. Vance warns EU. Scholz calls for state of emergency. US Treasury pays $100bn annually to unknown recipients. ANATOMY OF AN AI COUP

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Feb 15, 2025

High-Explosive Drone Pierces Shell Of Chernobyl Nuclear Plant At Very Moment Trump Pushes Ukraine Toward Peace

...headed into a false-flaggy weekend?

On Friday just prior to high-level meetings among Western security officials and Ukrainian leadership commencing in Munich, including US Vice President J.D. Vance and Zelensky, there was a dangerous incident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine's Kyiv oblast. Ukraine's President Zelensky accused Russia of launching a drone equipped with a high-explosive warhead at the historic, defunct power plant, site of the April 1986 nuclear disaster and meltdown. The drone reportedly hit the protective containment shell of the Chernobyl plant.

Moscow responds to Chernobyl strike accusation

An alleged drone incident at the facility could have been a Ukrainian provocation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said

The Russian military does not target nuclear infrastructure, including what remains on the site of the destroyed Chernobyl power plant, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Friday. Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky had alleged earlier in the day that a Russian drone had attacked the containment structure built over what remains of the Soviet power facility which was devastated in a 1986 disaster. Zelensky reported “significant damage” in the incident. Peskov stated that any claims that Russia is targeting nuclear facilities are false by default. He said he has no verified information about the situation, but assumed that most likely it was “the latest provocation, a frame up” orchestrated by Kiev. He added: “This is what they love doing.”

Zelensky refused to sign rare earths deal with US – media

President Trump has said he wants access to Ukraine’s natural resources in exchange for the US aid

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has declined to sign an agreement that would give the US access to his country’s rare-earth minerals, Washington Post reporter Josh Rogin and Reuters have claimed. Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump made it clear that he wanted Kiev to pay for the assistance it has received from Washington with its natural resources. According to the 2024 World Economic Forum report, Ukraine “holds immense potential as a major global supplier of critical raw materials” that could be “essential” for defense, high-tech, and green energy industries. The nation boasts Europe’s largest titanium and lithium reserves, which are not classified as rare-earth elements.

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At least 10 people including a child have died in Indonesia following a series of powerful volcanic eruptions that destroyed homes and a Catholic convent, authorities said.

The eruptions, originating from Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, hit the remote island of Flores on Monday, according the country's National Disaster Management Agency.

They began around midnight, sending thick plumes of ash up to 6,500 feet into the atmosphere and depositing hot ash on several nearby villages.

Fireman Yosef, an official at the Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki monitoring post, noted that volcanic materials were ejected as far as 3.7 miles from the crater, covering surrounding areas with ash and debris, which led to the destruction of homes, including a convent for Catholic nuns.

Rescuers are currently searching for additional victims believed to be trapped under collapsed buildings.

How Much Damage Did Lewotobi Laki Laki Eruption Cause?

The fatalities, including a child, were located within a 2.4-mile radius of the volcano's crater.

The eruptions impacted at least 10,000 residents across six villages in Wulanggitang District and four villages in Ile Bura District.

Many locals have sought refuge with relatives, while authorities are preparing schools to serve as temporary shelters for those who have been displaced.

In response to the escalating eruptions, Indonesia's volcano monitoring agency raised the alert level for Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki to the highest status and expanded the exclusion zone to a 4.3-mile radius early on Monday morning.

Agusta Palma, head of the Saint Gabriel Foundation, confirmed that one nun from Hokeng village had died, with another still missing. "Our nuns ran out in panic under a rain of volcanic ash in the darkness," Palma said.

How Common Are Volcanic Eruptions in Indonesia?

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki is one of two stratovolcanos in East Flores district, known locally as the husband-and-wife mountains, with its counterpart being Lewotobi Perempuan, or "woman."

Earlier this year, around 6,500 residents were evacuated after the volcano began erupting in January, leading to the closure of the island's Frans Seda Airport.

Although that eruption did not result in casualties, the airport remains closed due to ongoing seismic activity.

Muhammad Wafid, head of the Geology Agency at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, explained that the characteristics of this eruption differ from those earlier in the year, attributing the recent activity to a buildup of pressure caused by a blockage of magma in the crater.

He said: "The eruptions that occurred since Friday were due to the accumulation of hidden energy."

How Many Active Volcanoes Does Indonesia Have?

The incident marks Indonesia's second significant volcanic eruption in recent weeks; on Oct. 27, Mount Marapi in West Sumatra erupted multiple times, producing thick columns of ash and blanketing nearby villages, though no casualties were reported from that event.

Indonesia is home to 120 active volcanoes and is situated along the "Ring of Fire," a region known for its seismic activity, including earthquakes and landslides, affecting its population of approximately 280 million.

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The Russian government has banned crypto mining in ten regions for a period of six years, according to reporting by the state-owned news agency Tass. Russia has cited the industry’s high power consumption rates as the primary reason behind the ban. Crypto is particularly power-hungry, as mining operations already account for nearly 2.5 percent of US energy use.

This ban takes effect on January 1 and lasts until March 15, 2031. The country’s Council of Ministers has also stated that additional bans may be required in other regions during periods of peak energy demand. It could also go the other way. The ban could be temporarily lifted or altered in certain regions if a government commission examines changes in energy demand and deems it necessary.

Cryptocurrency mining has only been fully legal in Russia since November 1, as the country has had a rocky relationship with the practice. Miners must register with the Ministry of Digital Development and energy consumption limits are continually monitored.

The country banned the use of cryptocurrencies as legal tender back in 2022, but does allow cross-border payments. The latter is largely seen as an attempt by Russia to avoid sanctions in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine.

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The proposal designates 386 blocks in Norwegian waters between Svalbard, Iceland and the Norwegian mainland. 

The blocks are contained in a 280,000 square kilometer area which was designated open for exploration of minerals on the continental shelf earlier in 2024. 

The initial auction will cover around 38 percent of the total area. 

“The world needs minerals for the green transition, and the government wants to explore if it is possible to extract seabed minerals in a sustainable manner from the Norwegian continental shelf,” the Ministry of Energy Terje Aasland stated along with the announcement. 

“This marks a significant blow to Norway’s reputation as a responsible steward of the oceans,” said Karoline Andaur, CEO of WWF-Norway.

She also cautioned that once licenses have been auctioned off it will be nearly impossible to stop the eventual exploration in those areas.

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Mining the sea floor for green energy. Go green to reduce dependance on fossil fuels that increase CO2 and impact the Earth in new ways. What fresh hell are they creating in the ocean?

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Following some initial confusion now resolved, the Ministry of Galactic Affairs has announced the departure of a special aid convoy, en route to @kenjodanni as part of a joint Darexi-@elepharchy effort to bring aid to the beleaguered planet and its people. Food synthesizers, mineral aid, energy reserves and medical support will arrive in-system within the next solar day.

Among the first items on the agenda will be the immediate stabilization of food stores, initial surveys to map out environmental damage, and the construction of emergency housing and medical facilities to help all in need. In addition, meetings with the planetary leadership will be held and atmospheric filters will be installed over the most heavily polluted areas.

This will be a big undertaking, indeed - but well worth it to provide aid to those in need!

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‼️ As a result of the Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih, 6 people died and 25 were injured, — the head of the Regional Military Administration

19 of the injured are in hospital. There are still people under the rubble.

Apartments from the first to the fifth floor are on fire. The fire covered 700 square meters. Rescuers are putting it out.

There are probably 7 people under the rubble in Kryvyi Rih, Vilkul said.

UPD: Due to rocket fire in Kryvyi Rih, the building of the Cogeneration Plant (CHP) was damaged and three mines with people were cut off, — Ministry of Energy

Several dozen miners were trapped underground, they were rescued.

UPD2: The number of people killed as a result of the Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih has increased to 10, another 28 people were injured of various degrees, — Vilkul.

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Somaliland: Berbera City’s Growth Is Being Held Back By A Power Supply Monopoly

In #Somaliland, #Berbera City’s plans for development, including the #modernization of its #seaport & #airport, as well as the special economic zone, all depend on the availability & affordability of #energy.

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Somaliland: Consultation meeting on the first draft of electricity licenses and tariff regulations Held

By Goth Mohamed Goth The Somaliland Energy Commission (SEC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, held a consultation meeting to discuss the first draft of electricity licenses and tariff regulations. The event is part of the deliverables that the SEC will contribute to the Somaliland Energy Sector Recovery Project (SESRP), which the World Bank funds.

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Zambia plans to establish an investment company that will control at least 30% of critical minerals production from future mines.

Mines Minister Paul Kabuswe unveiled a strategy on Thursday that he said will allow Zambia to maximize the benefits from its deposits of metals key to the energy transition. Africa’s second-largest copper producer aims to more than quadruple output of the metal by early in the next decade, but it also has deposits of cobalt, graphite and lithium.

The state will set up a special purpose vehicle to invest in critical minerals under a design framework that includes a “production sharing mechanism” setting aside a minimum 30% of the output from new mining projects, according to the document unveiled by Kabuswe in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka.[...]

The government’s goal of producing 3 million tons of copper a year by 2031 requires existing assets to double their output to about 1.4 million tons, according to a separate document prepared by Kabuswe’s ministry.[...]

The government also intends to make investors in the critical minerals sector allocate at least 35% of procurement costs to local suppliers, according to the strategy. It will also review Zambia’s policy and regulatory environment to restrict the export of unprocessed materials.

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was thinking about robert shaw again today, and i wanted to do some archival digging to see if i could find some interviews he'd done in the past other than his appearances on the dick cavett show & the new england our way documentary (which honestly seem to be the only filmed interviews he's ever done).

i found over a dozen eighteen(!) articles, but there was one published in the guardian on july 16, 1971 that i found especially interesting! while he does talk about the usual things discussed in his interviews (his children, his work, his love of writing over acting) he does also speak (albeit briefly) about his being a socialist - which is really *not* what i would have expected robert shaw's political alignment to be ALKDGNSDKLGN it's so cool !! he was so cool.

it's a horrible, horrible scan though, & looks something like this:

so i've just gone ahead and transcribed everything to the best of my ability below. i've also made some slight changes to punctuation for the sake of readability. there were a lot of strange run-on sentences in the original article.

i'd happily share the link to the original document, but i found it via proquest and my university's name is directly attached to any generated permalinks :( issn is 02613077 and doc id is 185459069 though! interviewer/author of the article was terry philpott.

“Most people, you see, think that actors are stupid,” says Robert Shaw, stage, film, and television actor, playwright, and novelist (“The Sun Doctor” won the Hawthornden Prize). It is likely that most people think that there are two Robert Shaws. People who read novels think that there is a novelist called Robert Shaw, who has nothing to do with that dreadful actor who they occasionally see on television, or they think that he is the son of the son of George Bernard Shaw, and are too ignorant to know that he didn’t have a son. The popular image of Shaw shows him starring in films like “From Russia with Love,” “The Valiant,” “The Battle of the Bulge,” “Custer of the West,” and “The Battle of Britain.” He was a memorable Henry VIII to Paul Scofield’s More in “A Man for All Seasons,” [?] fewer people know him in the [?] adaptations of Pinter or as a stage actor. Shaw too is an intensely physical character, the man of the media who offers tips in drinking, the sportsman, the father of eight children, and the owner of four cats, who delights to drive at high speed. Even his novels, serious as they are, contain this intense physical aspect of their author. His priest in “The Flag” was a former miner, a man of great physical energies who harboured doubts about [?] and his faith. Halliday, the sun doctor, found his moral conflicts besetting him in the African jungle, and in between their philosophizing and perhaps [?], Slattery and Lewis in “A Card From Morocco” drink and rage. Yet in Shaw, the intellectual and physical seem in [?] compatibly at one moment, he is eagerly discussing sport; at the next, art; a discussion of politics with reference to Lord Liverpool’s ministries takes up as much time as a discussion on driving; he discloses his Socialist convictions with an angry gusto; makes what appears to be a thoughtful remark, but laughs suddenly and says that he was only joking. The challenge, egotism, sharpness of thought and quickness of word are not Shaw acting public Shaw, but the essence and reality. “I genuinely love to shock my readership into something,” says Shaw the writer, “But I am always thinking of how I can get their attention, of how I can shock them out of their smug, middle-class ways. I want to shock them out of their stupor, to shock them into awareness, to make them think. Everybody is shocking them sexually, but I am like the Jesuit priest, and I want to make the boy [thud?]” “There is so much sensationalism, now. How can you do that? I have got to get at them after they take my books off the library or book shop shelves. I know how Edna O’Brien does it, but the first pages of my novel aren’t those of the popular novels. I am a political pamphleteer.” Shaw believes very much in early formative [influences?], and perhaps his character can be explained by his upbringing. Born in Lancashire, he was eldest of the five children of a doctor, who committed suicide when his son was 11. “My mother was the total influence. She is an extremely strong woman, a puritan in the true sense of the word. We were thought of as a family of some social standing, the family to know in the village. While my mother used to tell me not to play with the ‘common children,’ from her I learnt also real humanity.”

Although his childhood was spent mainly in the Orkneys and Cornwall, the family lived near Bolton through some of the Depression, a period of lasting influence on his political leanings. His interests in writing and acting grew simultaneously at school. At 21, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon for two years, following them with a year at the Old Vic. As late as 1960 he was still known mainly for his role in “The Buccaneers,” although his first novel, “The Hiding Place” had appeared in 1959, and the year before that he acted in his own play, “Off the Mainland,” at the Arts Theatre, London. He supplemented his income by journalism, writing feature articles for “Queen” and [chairing?] television’s [lone essay?] at a regular literary programme, “The Bookman.” There he introduced to the television public a young novelist named Edna O’Brien, whose first novel, “The Country Girls,” had just appeared. “I write, first, because I have a childish desire for immortality,” Shaw says, “I don’t know why it is, but I have noticed that other people have it, too, although in an essay Adler wrote that it was not a desire strong in women. Secondly, I am a political writer. I feel very radically about some things, but only in a certain kind of way, not in a square-on political party way. I would like to influence people to a hard and tough radicalism. That is why I admire Orwell so much and I admire him even at his worst. We are surrounded by second-rate, trashy writers who are taken up and praised. It isn’t that I think Harold Pinter is the greatest playwright of the century, but even at his worst he is an intelligent writer.” Acting offers few compensations. “Films are a business and seldom an art form. It is a director’s medium. For obvious reasons, there are no good screen writers, because anyone with any sense doesn’t want to be one. The only films that I have been in that have made money have been the bad ones, so you’ll see what I mean.” He is currently playing Lord Randolph Churchill in the making of “Young Winston,” the Richard Attenborough-Carl Foreman film adaptation of Churchill’s “My Early Life.” Here there are some satisfactions. “It is one of the last big budget pictures. I have the best part, with the possible exception of Anne Bancroft as Lady Jennie Churchill. Hardly anyone knows anything about Randolph, so I’ll have to be bad not to be able to do something with the part. While he wasn’t the equal of his son, he was a very remarkable man. It is pleasant to be playing an intelligent man for a change. I have also got my best wardrobe since Henry VIII, so that is my vanity satisfied. Few are working in the industry at the moment, so even to be working is some feat.” Filming can occasionally offer deeper rewards. “There are some occasions when you are working with someone really good, like Joe Losey, and filming can become art and takes on something special. It is a sort of religious moment when you feel that you are really communicating something. It is probably an illusion, but you can also feel it when you write. It has only happened to me rarely with acting.”

He and his wife Mary Ure may go to Broadway in Pinter’s “Old Times,” but even stage acting Shaw finds of dubious interest. “There is an English mystique about the theatre, thus stage actors are knighted and film actors are not. I get bored by any stage play in about four weeks, but you also have an audience to respond to you. The great difference is that in the theatre you can dominate the audience, whereas in the cinema you can woo them.” For these and other reasons he would not leave acting. “I would like to say that. I was going to stop acting completely, but I can’t. Apart from the other reasons, there is, first, this childlike side in me that loves acting, and although I curse it at times, I think that acting is under-rated. It is certainly better than many professions; being a politician, for instance. Secondly, I can’t afford to be just a writer. I could afford it if I were prepared to live in a poorer manner, but now I am used to living in a certain way. Anyway, I rarely go out or buy clothes or spend much on myself, but I have a lot of dependents.” Acting, too, allows him to subsidise his writing: the National Theatre have just paid him £100 for his new play, “Cato Street,” which he worked on for two years, and he has another novel, “Flesh and Blood,” planned for publication next year. He is working at the moment on the second volume of “The Cure of Souls,” his trilogy, the first of which was “The Flag.” It will be set during the Spanish Civil War, a period and event of enduring fascination for him. But he does not see the trilogy as the work for which he might be remembered. “I keep getting little ideas which are more relevant, contemporary, and will be in the end more important. Conrad kept breaking off his larger works like ‘Lord Jim’ to write other works like ‘The Heart of Darkness.’ I am trying to achieve that kind of book.” Shaw enjoys his wealth. “It gives me power, but more than that, if you are proud and poor in modern society, it isn’t very pleasant. I was always willing to be sacked by a director. I can afford to be now, but I believe that every actor, whatever his material position, should be willing to be, too. Money also offers me freedom and space.” It is providing him with a large house in Ireland where he will indulge again his desire for immortality by creating a great garden. Shaw admits to some incongruity in a Socialist enjoying the comforts of the Savoy and talking about his wealth. He says it is a dilemma that has confronted him for some time, but he has reconciled himself to it in the knowledge that he is an autocrat, and does not know a talented person who is not. “Here I am living like a capitalist, and yet I believe that if there were a real chance of equality[,?] of opportunity, of real socialism, then I would give up all the money. It would all go. Definitely, definitely, definitely. That I really feel.”

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Brazil looks to change mining royalties' distribution

Brazil’s mines and energy ministry is planning to issue a decree to change the way mining royalties, or the so-called CFEM tax, are distributed.

“The improvement of the mineral sector necessarily involves bringing concrete results to the municipalities. The purpose of the decree is to improve the criteria for transferring resources to producing and affected municipalities. In addition to unlocking the pending resources, the proposal provides for a rebalancing in the distribution so that it has more beneficiaries, expanding the gains of the mineral sector for society," mines and energy minister Alexandre Silveira said in a statement.

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DOGE Cancels $52M Payment to the WEF. House Passes Trump-Backed Budget Proposal. US Invasion Of Canada? Kiev agrees to Trump’s minerals deal. CHEMTRAILS are out of control and they're getting worse

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Feb 26, 2025

DOGE Cancels $52 Million Payment to he World Economic Forum

JUST IN: House Passes Trump-Backed Budget Proposal 217-215 – Massie Votes “No”

The House of Representatives passed the Republican spending bill in a 217-215 vote on Tuesday evening.

Rep. Massie was the only Republican to vote “no” on Trump’s “big beautiful bill” which boasts $2 trillion in cuts. The budget package sets the stage for tax cuts, immigration reform, domestic energy expansion and Pentagon funding…Speaker Johnson was confident ahead of Tuesday night’s vote – ‘There’s no Plan B’ Johnson said. Speaker Pro Tem Michael Simpson presided over the House on Tuesday evening as lawmakers voted on the budget package.

BREAKING: Kash Patel Launches Investigation Into James Comey’s Secret ‘Honeypot’ Operation Involving Two Undercover Agents Who Targeted Trump’s 2016 Campaign

FBI Director Kash Patel has launched an investigation into former Director James Comey’s secret “honeypot” operation involving 2 female undercover agents who targeted President Trump’s 2016 campaign, according to The Washington Times.

Last October it was revealed that according to an FBI whistleblower, former Director James Comey inserted two female agents inside the Trump campaign in 2016. The Washington Times reported that the female agents were directed to act as “honeypots” and travel with Trump and his staff. This was an “off-the-books” operation and was separate from Comey and Obama’s Crossfire Hurricane operation (launched in July 2016) that targeted Trump based on false Russian collusion lies.

EXPLAINED: Judge’s Ruling Against Trump’s Refugee Resettlement Suspension Opens Constitutional Quagmire

A U.S. District Court judge in Seattle, Washington, temporarily blocked President Donald J. Trump’s executive order suspending refugee resettlement in the United States on Tuesday.

The move is part of the latest lawfare efforts by far-left and progressive non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to hamper the Trump administration’s efforts to undo former President Joe Biden’s mass immigration policies. However, the preliminary injunction, issued by District Court Judge Jamal Whitehead, could be the subject of an emergency appeal by the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) to the U.S. Supreme Court as it opens concerning constitutional questions.

They're Fired: 100 Intelligence Officials In Sick Chat Group 'Terminated And Their Security Clearances Revoked'

An egregious violation of trust.

Update (2210ET): DNI Tulsi Gabbard announced on Tuesday that 100 individuals in the intelligence community have been identified as having "contributed to and participated in" the sick internal chat group who will be fired and have their security clearances revoked. "There are over 100 people from across the intelligence community that contributed to and participated in this - what is really just an egregious violation of trust. What to speak of, like, basic rules and standards around professionalism. I put out a directive today that they all will be terminated and their security clearances will be revoked," Gabbard told Fox News' Jesse Watters.

Rep. Ilhan Omar Claims AG Pam Bondi Is “Protecting” Someone Since Epstein Files Have Yet to Be Released

Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn) took to X on Tuesday and claimed Attorney General Pam Bondi is protecting someone since the Jeffrey Epstein Files have yet to be released.

In a post on X, Omar wrote, “The AG still not releasing the EPSTEIN FILES is weird.” She added it “raises the question of who she might be protecting.” Her comments come a day after Rep. Anna Paulina Luna called out AG Bondi over the slow roll of the Epstein Files release. Luna stated, “AG Pam Bondi, We saw over the weekend you are reviewing all files from JFK to Epstein! We are ALL anticipating their release! When will they be declassified and available to the public?”