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Commentary: America’s Fourth Coast Could Help Close the Shipbuilding Gap with China

Commentary: America’s Fourth Coast Could Help Close the Shipbuilding Gap with China

Apr 14, 2026 | , , ,

In 2024, Beijing’s largest ship maker produced 250 ships. Combined, these ships could carry the weight of the total number of ships America has produced since World War II, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. If war were to break out in the Pacific the U.S. shipbuilding industry would not be able to repair and replace losses at the rate in which Chinese shipyards could.

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Trump Says Gas Prices Could Remain High Through November

Trump Says Gas Prices Could Remain High Through November

Apr 13, 2026 | , ,

President Trump says gas prices, rising as a result of the U.S. war with Iran, might not decline before November, fueling headwinds for fellow Republicans trying to keep control of Congress during the midterm elections that month.

Trump said Sunday on Fox News that he hoped gas and oil costs would drop before the midterms, prices “should be around the same” time and might, in fact, be “a little bit higher.”

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Vance Dominates GOP Primary Against Possible Challengers: Poll

Vance Dominates GOP Primary Against Possible Challengers: Poll

Apr 13, 2026 | , ,

Vice President JD Vance is the overwhelming favorite to win the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in 2028, a recent survey has revealed.

Vance attracted 43% support in the latest Yale Youth Poll, followed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who earned 17% among registered voters. Donald Trump Jr. placed third with 9% while Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., earned 6%. All other candidates earned less than 5% support.

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Missouri Voters Oust City Council Members Who Backed Multi-Billion Dollar AI Data Center

Missouri Voters Oust City Council Members Who Backed Multi-Billion Dollar AI Data Center

Apr 13, 2026 | , ,

Voters in Independence, Missouri, voted on Tuesday to oust two city councilmembers after they backed an AI data center in the community.

Independence councilmembers Bridget McCandless, who was running for mayor, and Jared Fears both voted in favor of giving $6 billion in tax breaks to Nebius to build a large data center in the city and were defeated by anti-data center and pro-accountability opponents, Missouri-based KCUR reported. Voters in another Missouri town also voted to oust members who backed data centers in their town on the same day that voters in Independence took to the polls.

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Ukraine Whistleblower Biases Concealed from House Investigators by Intel Watchdog, Transcript Shows

Ukraine Whistleblower Biases Concealed from House Investigators by Intel Watchdog, Transcript Shows

Apr 13, 2026 | , ,

The admitted, potential biases that a Ukraine impeachment whistleblower relayed to investigators for the intelligence community watchdog during the first Trump Administration were redacted and concealed from House investigators in 2019, newly declassified and released transcripts show.

The long-secret transcripts were from a September 2019 unclassified session and an October 2019 classified session that were held to examine then-Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson’s role in the handling of an alleged whistleblower complaint. 

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