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FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump's Department of Interior announced on Monday that, effective immediately, leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects being constructed in the United States will be paused.
In a press release, DOI wrote that the pause is due to "national security risks" identified by the Department of War in "recently completed classified reports."
In a press release, DOI says the pause will "give the Department, along with the Department of War and other relevant government agencies, time to work with leaseholders and state partners to assess the possibility of mitigating the national security risks posed by these projects."…READ MORE.
Vice President JD Vance speaks at TPUSA's AmericaFest in Phoenix. (Caylo Seals/Getty Images)
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Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during the announcement of a law enforcement action during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., Nov. 19, 2025. (Tom Brenner/Reuters)
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Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the "Defense Against Criminal Illegals Act," which took effect in August and increases penalties for illegal immigrants committing "serious felonies involving violence." (DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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'UNACCEPTABLE': Colorado governor accuses Trump of playing 'political games' after FEMA denies disaster requests
Tyler Robinson, accused of the murder of Charlie Kirk, appears during a hearing in Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via Pool)
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