Could The Trump Admin’s New Highway Power Plan Lower Your Electric Bill?

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The Department of Transportation wants to lease highway and railroad land to private companies for power lines — a plan it says could potentially save Americans on their electricity bills.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced America’s Great Corridors of Commerce (AGCC) on Aug. 26 in a press release as a way to speed up construction of transmission lines, fiber-optic cables, water lines and pipelines. The program would reduce infrastructure costs, place “downward pressure on residential user rates,” meaning lower electric bills for households, and generate lease revenue for transportation projects at no additional cost to taxpayers, DOT said in the release and in a request for information (RFI) published Aug. 18.

“By working with the private sector to combine our existing transportation network with transmission lines, fiber optic cables, and other critical infrastructure, we can make energy more affordable and fuel American industry for generations to come,” Duffy said in the press release.

A DOT official told the Daily Caller News Foundation that no corridors have been selected and that the department will run a competitive process to seek expressions of interest from state transportation departments and railroads. Savings would vary project by project, the official said, but clustering data centers and manufacturers along a single corridor would avoid piecemeal grid upgrades and protect “everyday ratepayers from the rate hikes typically needed to fund scattered upgrades,” meaning the cost of those grid upgrades would not be passed on to household electric bills.

The official also referred the DCNF to a Sept. 2 post on X in which Duffy wrote that the country has nearly 161,000 miles of highways and 140,000 miles of railroad track that have already gone through permitting. (Read more from “Could The Trump Admin’s New Highway Power Plan Lower Your Electric Bill?” HERE)

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Pentagon Reportedly Escalates Hunt For Leakers By Ordering Polygraph Exams

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The Department of War is reportedly taking further actions to address sensitive operational leaks.

Federal investigators are requiring around 50 of roughly 2,000 members of the U.S. military’s Joint Staff to undergo polygraph exams following recent leaks to the press, The New York Times reported Friday.

“The Department does not comment on internal personnel or investigative matters but takes all leaks of classified national security information extremely seriously and investigates accordingly,” chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Securing classified information is critical to ensuring the security of the United States and of our troops deployed around the world.”

Among the recent leaks were allegations that the U.S. ran out of crucial munitions during the early months of the Iran War.

The Pentagon announced plans to buy almost 14,000 more Patriot Advanced Capability-3 and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) components. The move followed the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimating in July that the U.S. depleted approximately two-thirds of its pre-war Patriot and THAAD inventories during the Iran War. (Read more from “Pentagon Reportedly Escalates Hunt For Leakers By Ordering Polygraph Exams” HERE)

Trump’s MAGA Inc. Pours $10 Million into Ken Paxton’s Senate Race

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President Donald Trump’s MAGA Inc. super PAC is putting at least $10 million behind Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his Senate race against Democrat James Talarico.

A Federal Election Commission filing submitted Saturday shows the group plans to spend $5 million promoting Paxton and another $5 million attacking Talarico. The filing marks MAGA Inc.’s first reported investment in the fall campaign ahead of the November midterm elections.

MAGA Inc. spokesperson Alex Pfeiffer said Saturday that the group plans to focus its campaign on Talarico’s tax record and other policy positions.

“High Tax Talarico wants to take money out of Texans’ pockets,” Pfeiffer said. “MAGA Inc. is going to ensure Texas knows about Talarico’s radical policies and elects Ken Paxton to the U.S. Senate.”

Before entering the Texas race, MAGA Inc.’s only major midterm expenditure was an $827,000 payment benefiting Sen. Darline Graham’s campaign in South Carolina. The group had otherwise spent roughly $18,000 on a midterm contest this year, following about $1.7 million in spending last year. It raised approximately $401 million through the end of the second quarter. (Read more from “Trump’s MAGA Inc. Pours $10 Million into Ken Paxton’s Senate Race” HERE)

Urgent Recall of Halloween Candy Sold over Potentially Dangerous Ingredient

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A quirky Halloween candy has been urgently recalled over a potentially life-threatening ingredient that went unreported.

The FDA sent out a notice this week warning the public Halloween Chocolatey Eyeballs candy contains undeclared milk allergens.

Any person who consumes the product and is allergic to milk may not know they are at risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction.

Milk allergies can have symptoms ranging from mild to severe and can include wheezing, vomiting, hives, digestive problems, and can cause anaphylaxis, according to the Mayo Clinic.

The candy is produced by Crystal Temptations of North Arlington, New Jersey, and has been distributed in California, Arizona, Texas, Virginia, Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Indiana, Nevada, New Jersey, Connecticut, Ohio, and Wyoming. (Read more from “Urgent Recall of Halloween Candy Sold over Potentially Dangerous Ingredient” HERE)

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Trump Weighs In on Lindsay Clancy Mistrial, $1 Million in Donations Pour in to Accused Mom’s Family

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While debate over the Lindsay Clancy murder case rages with true-crime hardliners calling for the mother to be imprisoned for life, many other Americans are empathetic to her claims of mental illness, as evidenced by a flood of donations to a GoFundMe page set up for her parents.

The donations topped one million dollars following the Massachusetts mother’s murder trial ending in a mistrial after jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict — a decision that even drew comment from President Donald Trump, who did not opine on what punishment Clancy may or may not deserve.

Clancy, 36, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder after she admitted to strangling her three children, Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months, with exercise bands.

She entered an insanity defense, claiming she was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time of the January 2023 killings.

“I assume there’s going to be another trial. It’s a terrible situation,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office minutes after Massachusetts Superior Court Judge William F. Sullivan declared a mistrial in the case. “Look, she did a horrible, horrible thing. Can’t be worse.” (Read more from “Trump Weighs In on Lindsay Clancy Mistrial, $1 Million in Donations Pour in to Accused Mom’s Family” HERE)

Mother Labeled Child Abuser, Threatened With 6-Month Sentence For Letting Her Kid Play Outside

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A mother of five was placed on a child abuse and neglect registry and threatened with a jail sentence after being convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for letting her 5-year-old son walk to a pond by himself in their gated community, a report shows.

The mother, Karyann Parkinson, had been living in Williamsburg, Virginia, with her husband so that she could attend law school. She was pregnant with her fifth child when her son asked if he could walk the half-mile to the pond to collect goose feathers, his favorite activity, Reason reported.

Parkinson believed it would be safe. Her son knew the route on the sidewalk through the gated community that was separated from the road by 10 feet of grass. He would have to cross two streets with crosswalks, but she had seen him do so safely hundreds of times before. . .

Her son was spotted by a passerby who called security, who brought the boy back to his mother before chastising Parkinson and telling her son that bad people would want to take him. Soon, the security guard was joined by three police officers and two Child Protective Services (CPS) workers.

Her husband, who was out at lunch with their daughter, hurried home and told CPS that kids need to be able to take reasonable risks “in order to grow up non-anxious,” but the workers said that five-year-olds should never be unsupervised, according to Reason.

CPS would then launch an investigation into Parkinson for alleged abuse and neglect before placing her on the state’s child abuse and neglect registry for the next seven years.

(Read more from “Mother Labeled Child Abuser, Threatened With 6-Month Sentence For Letting Her Kid Play Outside” HERE)

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Inside The ‘Top Secret’ Plan That Led To Biggest Pro-Second Amendment Ruling In 90 Years

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It was after midnight at a small-town Texas gun store. Two men — a state lawmaker and a congressional candidate — were purchasing suppressors in the presence of a congressman and top officials of a pro-Second Amendment organization.

Just hours before, the congressman learned the Trump administration would abide by one of the most consequential Second Amendment rulings in over 90 years. The men proceeded to make history, becoming the first Americans to purchase suppressors without registration since Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president. . .

The Daily Caller News Foundation interviewed several key players involved in making this long-sought Second Amendment victory a reality. From the halls of Congress, to the chambers of justice and finally to a Texas gun store, this is the inside account of what led to one of the most significant moments for the Second Amendment community since 1934.

Gun Owners of America (GOA) Federal Affairs Director Aidan Johnston told the DCNF that the origins of the battle happened years before the group launched its “top secret” effort.

“We did a lot of behind the scenes lobbying for about six months… all of this had to be top secret,” Johnston told the DCNF. “We didn’t want the Democrats or the anti-gunners to get any word of what we were planning on the big beautiful bill.” (Read more from “Inside The ‘Top Secret’ Plan That Led To Biggest Pro-Second Amendment Ruling In 90 Years” HERE)

Whopping 9 in 10 Americans Believe There’s ‘Widespread Corruption’ Within US Government: Gallup Poll

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Nearly 90% of Americans now believe there’s “widespread corruption” within the U.S. government, according to a recent poll.

The data came from a Gallup poll published Wednesday. For the survey, respondents were asked, “Is corruption widespread throughout the government in this country, or not?” According to Gallup, 89% of participants responded to the question with “Yes.”

That number, Gallup noted, was the highest it’s been in two decades. Additionally, the figure sat at 73% just two years earlier. That 16-point jump is the highest of any two-year span in the last 20 years.

That sentiment was shared among three major voting blocks, with 91% of Democrats, 90% of Independents, and a staggering 83% of Republicans believing in widespread corruption. Interestingly, Democrats saw a 15-point jump from the previous year. Republicans, on the other hand, had just a two-point increase, as 81% believed the government was corrupt in 2025.

With 2026’s high mark, President Donald Trump had three of the highest years on record when it comes to Americans’ perceptions of government corruption. Last year, 79% of Americans believed in widespread corruption. In 2018 — Trump’s first term — that number sat at 78%. (Read more from “Whopping 9 in 10 Americans Believe There’s ‘Widespread Corruption’ Within US Government: Gallup Poll” HERE)

Local Mom Dragged Into Court For Trying To Expose Underhanded Data Center Deals

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An Arkansas mom and healthcare worker obtained a trove of documents about a data center deal between a local energy company and Google. Now, she is caught in a legal fight between the energy company and the news outlet she shared the documents with, with video surfacing of her being dragged into federal court Tuesday, weeping and scared.

Jessica Kivell recently sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Arkansas Public Service Commission, which regulates state electricity prices, regarding a data center deal between Entergy Arkansas and Google, according to the Arkansas Times. The government appeared to have mistakenly handed Kivell the documents, which she then sent to a reporter at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

The documents purportedly revealed that Google will not be paying the entire cost of infrastructure upgrades needed to power a new data center in West Memphis, despite claims to the contrary, according to the Arkansas Times. Google will only pay a third of the cost, $526 million, of a new solar array required to power the data center, the outlet reported.

Entergy sent attorneys and officials to a federal courthouse Tuesday to prevent the documents and information from remaining public, according to the Arkansas Times. The company sued the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and requested a restraining order on Kivell, arguing the documents contained trade secrets, the publication of which might violate state and federal laws.

Kivell was “visibly scared” when she arrived in court in her work scrubs after she arranged for her husband to pick up their daughter, according to the Arkansas Times, which was also listed in Entergy’s restraining order request. Throughout a closed-door portion of the hearing, Kivell wept loudly and continued to sob when she returned to the courtroom, the Arkansas Times reported. (Read more from “Local Mom Dragged Into Court For Trying To Expose Underhanded Data Center Deals” HERE)

Dog-walking Nancy Mace drops F-bomb as she learns of Netanyahu’s brag about Trump

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MAGA Rep. Nancy Mace hurled an expletive Tuesday as she learned that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bragged on live TV that he manipulated Donald Trump into attacking Iran.

Viewers were left gasping as Netanyahu revealed he ran an “influence” campaign he claimed helped drag America into the widely unpopular war — that has now been going on for six months, has killed an estimated 18 Americans and left Trump’s popularity ratings plummeting.

Mace was told about the claims as she walked what looked like a Havanese she called Millie into the Capitol Friday.

“If it’s true, it’s kind of f—-ed up,” said the South Carolina Republican, who is leaving Congress in January after stepping down to unsuccessfully run for governor. She added that she hadn’t seen the video of the Israeli leader speaking. . .

Facing grim poll numbers ahead of October elections, Netanyahu sat down with Israeli network Channel 14 Sunday to make his case to voters. Speaking in Hebrew, he described decades of opposition to Iran and claimed it eventually paid off.

“I’ve been against Iran for almost 40 years… it took a long time to bring the United States to its senses,” Netanyahu said in Hebrew, according to Zeteo’s Prem Thakker. (Read more from “Dog-walking Nancy Mace drops F-bomb as she learns of Netanyahu’s brag about Trump” HERE)