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  • November 09, 2026

    Permitting Bill Passes First Procedural Senate Vote

    An overhaul of the federal permitting process whose sponsors say is aimed at reducing red tape in infrastructure and energy projects cleared its first procedural vote in the U.S. Senate by a margin of 73 to 25 on Monday evening.

  • November 09, 2026

    Justices Signal Support For Feds In Pipeline Payout Fight

    U.S. Supreme Court justices Monday appeared inclined to conclude that federal law, and not state law, determines what gas infrastructure project developers should pay landowners in eminent domain proceedings.

  • November 09, 2026

    Supreme Court Lets DHS Resume Big Bend Wall Project

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled the U.S. Department of Homeland Security can restart construction of a border wall that runs through Big Bend National Park in Texas, finding a lower court judge who halted the project likely lacked authority to do so.

  • November 09, 2026

    OpenAI, Local Officials Hid $20B Data Center Push, Suit Says

    OpenAI and the local government used secret meetings and nondisclosure pacts to keep plans for a massive South Georgia data center under wraps, a trio of Peach State residents said in a new lawsuit.

  • November 09, 2026

    How Power Grid Delays Are Reshaping Data Center Deals

    Texas' pause on permits while it studies data centers' effect on its electrical grid highlights the nationwide problem of yearslong interconnection delays, where the ways developers, investors and customers bridge that gap — and decide who bears the risk when it widens — increasingly determine whether a deal works, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

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