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Solar panel fields operate in Wuzhong, a frontier city in the northwestern province Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China, in 2011. The Trump administration has canceled a proposed solar project in Nevada that would have been among the world’s largest solar power facilities. File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo Oct. 10 (UPI) — The Trump administration has canceled …

US Cancels Major Solar Project in Nevada Biden Had Championed  Bloomberg.com Interior cancels largest solar project in North America  Politico Trump Moves to Cancel Esmeralda 7, a Giant Solar Project  The New York Times Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy  The Guardian US moves to cancel one of the world’s largest solar farms  Financial Times Source link

Don Van Natta Jr.Oct 3, 2025, 01:04 AM Close Host and co-executive producer of the new ESPN series, “Backstory” Member of three Pulitzer Prize-winning teams for national, explanatory and public service journalism Author of three books, including New York Times best-selling “First Off the Tee: Presidential Hackers, Duffers, and Cheaters from Taft to Bush” 24-year newspaper career at The New …

A Trump-backed top federal prosecutor in Nevada has been disqualified from handling criminal cases after a federal judge ruled that she is “not validly serving as Acting U.S. Attorney.” U.S. District Court Judge David Campbell ruled that Sigal Chattah, the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada, should no longer oversee criminal cases. Campbell ruled that because Chattah was …

The U.S. government is taking a minority stake in Lithium Americas, a company that is developing one of the world’s largest lithium mines in northern Nevada. The Department of Energy will take a 5% equity stake in the miner, which is based in Vancouver. It will also take a 5% stake in the Thacker Pass lithium mining project, a joint …

The U.S. Department of Energy has taken equity stakes in Canadian company Lithium Americas and its Nevada mining joint venture with General Motors as part of a renegotiation of a federal loan. Under the new terms, the U.S. government will take a 5% equity ownership in Lithium Americas and a 5% ownership in the Lithium Americas-GM joint venture. The equity …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal judge disqualified Nevada acting U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah from several cases after concluding Tuesday that the Trump appointee has stayed in the temporary job longer than allowed by law. U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell disqualified Chattah from supervising the criminal prosecutions, siding with defense lawyers who argued that her authority expired in July. …

A judge ruled Tuesday that the top federal prosecutor in Nevada is not serving legally in the role — marking the second time that a judge has partially sidelined one of the Trump administration’s prosecutors. Sigal Chattah was named interim U.S. attorney for the district of Nevada in March, a temporary appointment that’s legally limited to 120 days. But in …

U.S. to Take Equity Stake in Lithium Americas and Its Nevada Mining Project  The Wall Street Journal Lithium Americas stock pops 35% as government takes a stake to boost Nevada project  CNBC Lithium Americas Reaches Agreement with GM and U.S. DOE Regarding First Draw on DOE Loan  Yahoo Finance Exclusive From The Electric: The Trump Administration Is Seeking Stakes in More Critical Minerals …

Judge says Nevada US attorney’s involvement in criminal cases ‘would be unlawful’  Politico Judge Disqualifies Nevada’s Acting U.S. Attorney From Handling Cases  The New York Times Federal Judge Rules Sigal Chattah Unlawfully Served as Nevada’s U.S. Attorney  Democracy Docket Exclusive: Nevada’s acting US Attorney urged voter fraud probe to help Republicans, document shows  Reuters Court rules Trump’s U.S. attorney in Nevada was unlawfully appointed  The …