‘CANCELED’: President Trump Issues Massive Blow to Radical Left
The Trump administration has canceled nearly $30 billion in Biden-era clean energy loans and is reviewing another $53 billion as part of a sweeping audit of the Department of Energy’s loan portfolio, Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced Friday.
The decision marks one of the most significant rollbacks yet of President Biden’s green energy agenda and underscores the Trump administration’s effort to redirect federal funding toward what it calls “affordable, reliable, and secure American energy.”
“Over the past year, the Energy Department individually reviewed our entire loan portfolio to ensure the responsible investment of taxpayer dollars,” Wright said in a statement. “We found more dollars were rushed out the door of the Loan Programs Office in the final months of the Biden administration than had been disbursed in over fifteen years.”
The Energy Department’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) — a restructured version of Biden’s Loan Programs Office — said the funds were part of the “Green New Scam loans” that were hastily approved without sufficient oversight.
According to the department, roughly $9.5 billion in loans for wind and solar projects were eliminated outright and will be replaced by investments in natural gas expansion, small modular nuclear reactors, and upgrades to aging power plants. Wright said those changes will make energy “more affordable and less dependent on foreign supply chains.”
“President Trump promised to protect taxpayer dollars and expand America’s supply of affordable, reliable, and secure energy,” Wright said. “Today’s cancellations deliver on that commitment.”
The review follows months of internal restructuring within the Department of Energy.
Since returning to office, the Trump administration has undertaken a broad effort to unwind what officials describe as politically motivated “green slush funds” created under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
More than $25 billion in BIL energy appropriations and $4.3 billion in IRA funds have remained unspent since Biden left office, while another $11 billion in IRA funding was rescinded under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — legislation signed by Trump to reclaim unused climate subsidies and redirect them toward domestic fossil fuel and nuclear development.
A senior Energy Department official said the administration’s review found “systemic failures” in how the Biden White House approved grants and loans in its final year.
“Many of these programs were riddled with conflicts of interest and lacked due diligence,” the official said. “We had companies receiving billions in federal financing that were weeks away from insolvency.”
The scale of the cancellations is unprecedented. Since May 2025, DOE has rescinded or suspended over 340 clean energy awards valued at more than $11 billion, including major industrial demonstration grants and several of Biden’s high-profile Hydrogen Hub projects in California, Oregon, and Minnesota.
In total, nearly 17 percent of all BIL-awarded funds and 7 percent of IRA awards have now been canceled under the Trump administration’s review.
The Energy Department also confirmed that the Industrial Demonstration Program, a Biden-era initiative to subsidize green manufacturing, saw 18 of its 36 approved awards canceled outright — amounting to nearly $3 billion in rescinded commitments.
Wright argued that those programs failed to produce measurable results. “We cannot keep throwing taxpayer money at corporate handouts that don’t deliver energy security or economic value,” he said.
Still, Wright and his team insist the shift reflects a broader realignment of national priorities.
Under President Trump, the Energy Department’s new Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) office holds $289 billion in loan authority, which will prioritize projects tied to nuclear power, carbon capture, and modernized natural gas infrastructure.
In October, the department canceled another $8 billion in green grants, halting 223 projects across 16 states after what Wright called “a thorough, individualized review.” Those funds are now being redirected toward rural energy development, critical mineral extraction, and coal plant modernization efforts.
“Rest assured, the Energy Department will continue reviewing awards to ensure every dollar works for the American people,” Wright said. “The era of blank checks for politically connected green ventures is over.”
Vote To Remove Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar From Congress Being Considered By Republican Congressman
Minnesota - June 7, 2026
In a closely divided 5-3 vote that fell one short of the required threshold, Minnesota House Republicans failed to secure a subpoena compelling U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar to testify and produce documents tied to the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal.
The outcome on May 5 marked the dramatic conclusion of months of mounting scrutiny over the congresswoman’s legislative actions and community outreach during the pandemic-era program at the center of one of the largest federal fraud investigations in recent Minnesota history. The House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, operating under a bipartisan agreement that demands six votes to authorize a subpoena, saw every Republican member support the measure while all three Democrats opposed it.
Committee Chair Kristin Robbins (R-Maple Grove) argued that the subpoena had become the only remaining tool after Omar repeatedly declined invitations to appear and failed to respond to formal document requests.
“We have reached out to Representative Ilhan Omar on multiple occasions, inviting her to testify and inviting and requesting documents,” Robbins said ahead of the vote. “The only tool left for us as a committee if we want to get these documents is to issue a subpoena.”
Republicans on the panel have focused on Omar’s sponsorship of the federal MEALS Act, enacted in March 2020. They contend the legislation loosened critical oversight requirements in federal child nutrition programs and helped create the conditions that enabled large-scale fraud.
“Representative Omar had some role, whether inadvertent or not,” Robbins said. “She passed the MEALS Act in March of 2020, and that took the guardrails off the federal school nutrition program which created the conditions for Feeding Our Future.”
The Feeding Our Future scandal stands as one of Minnesota’s most significant public corruption cases in recent decades. Federal prosecutors allege that organizers and associates diverted hundreds of millions of dollars intended to feed low-income children through fabricated meal claims, shell nonprofit organizations, and fraudulent reimbursement requests. Dozens of individuals have been charged, including nonprofit founder Aimee Bock and multiple business operators connected to Minnesota’s Somali community.
Committee Republicans specifically sought communications between Omar’s office and several individuals named in the federal investigation, along with records related to her public promotion of Safari Restaurant in Minneapolis, a business later linked to the scandal. Robbins also referenced a Somali-language television appearance in which Omar highlighted the restaurant as a meal distribution site during the pandemic.
“We thought it’d be very helpful to understand from Rep. Omar’s perspective how she thought the MEALS Act impacted the community, why she brought it, what communication she had with the fraudsters,” Robbins said during the hearing.
Democrats on the committee strongly opposed the effort, accusing Republicans of politicizing the investigation and targeting Omar for partisan advantage. Dave Pinto, the committee’s lead Democrat, questioned both the timing and practical purpose of pursuing a subpoena with only days remaining in the legislative session.
“Even if Omar were to testify or information is received, I do not see the committee doing anything with that information,” Pinto argued.
Pinto further referenced broader concerns about investigations involving political opponents under the current federal administration.
“We know the president and federal administration have got no hesitation going after political enemies and investigating them in all sorts of ways,” he said during the hearing.
The failed vote effectively prevents the Minnesota House committee from compelling Omar’s testimony or documents before the legislative session ends later this month. Nevertheless, Robbins signaled that Republicans are exploring alternative avenues to continue the pursuit.
“They’re fading,” Robbins said. “But I’ll certainly talk to our friends in Congress to see if they would be willing to issue a subpoena.”
Robbins noted that federal authorities retain “a whole menu of legal options” because Omar is a sitting member of Congress. The controversy unfolds amid broader Republican efforts at both state and national levels to highlight waste, fraud, and inadequate oversight in federal spending programs enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New California Leader Announced After Overnight Count as Kash Patel Demands Recount Over Democrat Fraud
Primary voters in Folsom, Rancho Cordova, and Citrus Heights went to the polls on Tuesday night to decide who would represent California’s 7th Assembly District.
According to early results from the California Secretary of State’s Office, Josh Hoover, the Republican incumbent, has surged to first place with about 54 percent of the vote as of 1 p.m. Wednesday. Democratic candidate Amy Slavensky got about 44 percent of the vote.
Based on reports from the Associated Press, the two candidates will face off in November. The seat went from being Democratic to Republican under Hoover in 2022.
Hoover, who lives in Folsom, was Kevin Kiley’s chief of staff when he was an assemblyman. He hosts the political podcast “Point of Order” and belongs to the bipartisan California Problem Solvers Caucus.
Slavensky came out of retirement to become the interim deputy superintendent for the San Juan Unified School District. She retired in 2021 as superintendent of the Amador County Unified School District.
California faced fresh criticism this week over Tuesday’s primary elections, with Democratic leaders warning that full ballot counting could take weeks.
In Los Angeles, incumbent Democrat Karen Bass fell short of 51 percent, forcing a November runoff. Republican Spencer Pratt, a former reality TV personality, leads Democrat and City Council member Nithya Raman.
With 62 percent of votes counted as of Wednesday night, New York Times figures as of Thursday morning show:
Karen Bass — 183,701 (35 percent)
Spencer Pratt — 157,116 (29.9 percent)
Nithya Raman — 119,809 (22.8 percent)
No Republican has won Los Angeles mayor in over three decades. Pratt’s performance signals voter frustration with the city after years of Democratic rule.
Spencer Pratt filed a complaint Tuesday on X against Karen Bass.
“Karen Bass just violated election law here,” Pratt wrote.
“She is so accustomed to breaking the law with no accountability, she even filmed herself doing it. Well, those days are over. We just filed a formal complaint for illegally gaming the election. We must protect our democracy.”
“Electioneering within 100 feet of a ballot box is AGAINST THE LAW. Soliciting votes at a ballot box is AGAINST THE LAW,” he wrote.
“These clear violations show a reckless disregard for the rule of law and our democratic process.”
“A person in a position of power such as Bass should be especially respectful of our democratic laws, but this is just emblematic of Karen’s mafia-like regime. It’s ‘rules for thee, but not for me,’” Pratt said.
Pratt posted a photo of the complaint. California law bans electioneering within 100 feet of ballot drop boxes. The complaint targets a Bass video showing her urging votes near a ballot box. A Bass spokesperson dismissed the complaint and questioned Pratt’s campaign.
