( September 1, 2026, 4:47 PM EDT) -- TULSA, Okla. — Contending that a planned roughly $6.9 billion primary aluminum smelter project in rural Oklahoma “has a direct impact on the United States’ economic and national security,” the federal government submitted a statement of interest asking a federal judge to dismiss without prejudice a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general seeking to enjoin construction and operation of the project over alleged violations of state pollution and nuisance laws....