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Texas GOP could stall Trump’s bold AI vision with red tape as China races ahead: ‘Investors are nervous’
President Donald Trump’s high-tech moonshot may hit a Texas-sized speed bump — and it’s coming from his own party.
Trump’s AI initiative, dubbed «Stargate,» aims to build 20 ultra-powerful data centers across the country. Backed by heavyweights like OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank, and the UAE-funded MGX, the project represents a $500 billion bet on the future with Texas chosen as ground zero for the first 10 centers.
But a new Texas bill, Senate Bill 6, could delay or derail that momentum.
The legislation adds a six-month regulatory review on top of an existing 6–18-month timeline, while also requiring new fees and mandatory backup generators, doubling approval time and inflating costs.
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\President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House while SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, Oracle co-founder, CTO and Executive Chairman Larry Ellison, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman look on on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
And while the legislation is pitched as a safeguard against another Winter Storm Uri-style blackout, Trump allies warn it could torpedo a generational opportunity.
«This bill would be a serious roadblock to the president’s vision,» said Vance Ginn, president of Ginn Economic Consulting and former chief economist at the White House Office of Management and Budget during Trump’s first term, in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital.
«It’s a misguided effort that’s rooted in fear: fear of energy scarcity, fear of AI, fear of the future.»
According to Ginn, the bill’s hefty requirements, including a $100,000 grid connection fee and a so-called «kill switch» that would let the Electric Reliability Council of Texas cut power to data centers, could end up pushing these billion-dollar projects out of Texas entirely.
«These companies aren’t just using energy,» Ginn said. «Many of them actually put excess electricity back onto the grid. So instead of hurting Texas, they help stabilize it.»
Stargate has already broken ground in Abilene, but the next 10 data centers are still up in the air. If Texas becomes too costly or complicated, experts warn the back half of the project might never happen — even as rival states like Wyoming and Tennessee court businesses without Texas’s infrastructure.
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«The Texas legislature should be working in lockstep with President Trump to build out AI infrastructure, not throwing up barriers,» Ginn added. «The AI revolution is here. If Texas fumbles this, it will fall behind.»
The bill’s sponsor, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, insists the legislation won’t hurt Trump’s agenda. «Senate Bill 6 actually ensures President Trump’s Stargate Plan is a success,» Patrick said in a statement. «We are in lockstep with the president on his goal to make America number one, and dominate China on AI, data centers, and cryptocurrency.»
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (R), accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 21, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Even with a Trump endorsement for Patrick’s re-election, Trump-aligned economists say the state is playing a dangerous game.
«We’re already seeing signs of this,» Ginn warned. «Microsoft has pulled back on projects. Investors are nervous. And meanwhile, China’s forging ahead.»
A Chinese startup called DeepSeek has made headlines for rolling out cutting-edge AI models in record time, triggering fresh anxiety about America’s standing in the global AI arms race.
Trump announced an investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and took questions on a range of topics. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
«This isn’t just about innovation,» Ginn said. «This is national security. If we’re six months behind China, we may never catch up.»
Trump has backed up his AI push with hard policy, including a 10% blanket tariff on all imports and a steep 125% tariff on Chinese goods, announced just last week. But those tariffs could also raise the price of key data center components, from steel to electrical transformers.
Despite the tradeoffs, the Trump administration sees Stargate as a cornerstone of 21st-century American leadership in everything from education to healthcare.
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«Texas should be leading,» Ginn said. «We can’t let fear of the unknown hold us back.»
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Paris judge indicts Chinese woman for theft of gold nuggets from France’s Museum of Natural History
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A Chinese woman was indicted by a judge in Paris for allegedly stealing nearly $2 million worth of gold nuggets from the city’s National Museum of Natural History, including items dating back to the California gold rush.
The Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday that the 24-year-old suspect was charged with organized theft and criminal conspiracy following the Sept. 16 heist. She was arrested two weeks later in Barcelona, Spain, as she was preparing to return to China, it added.
Prosecutors said on the morning of Sept. 16, a museum curator was notified by a cleaning staff member of debris inside the facility and the disappearance of gold nuggets usually on display, which included an 11-pound nugget from Australia, items linked to the 19th century California gold rush and a nugget gifted by Tsar Nicholas I of Russia in 1833.
An investigation determined that two doors at the museum were cut open with a circular saw. In the mineralogy gallery, the display case containing the nuggets was broken into with a blowtorch, authorities said.
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A mineral of gold from Australia is displayed during the exhibition «Earth’s treasures» on Dec. 18, 2014, in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France. (Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images)
At the site, investigators found a screwdriver, saws, the blowtorch and three gas canisters used to power the blowtorch, according to the prosecutor’s office.
It said surveillance footage revealed that a single person entered the museum by force around 1 a.m. on the morning of the heist.
The Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office estimated that the financial loss of the gold nuggets is around $1.74 million, while an additional $58,000 worth of damage was caused by the break-in. It also said the historical and scientific value of the gold pieces was priceless.
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The Galerie de Mineralogie of the National Museum of Natural History is seen in Paris, France. (Rachel Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images)
At the time of her arrest in Barcelona, the suspect attempted to dispose of around two pounds of melted gold pieces, prosecutors added.
They said the investigation remains ongoing, as authorities are trying to figure out what happened to the stolen items and if there are any accomplices.
In France, the organized theft charge is punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
The National Museum of Natural History in Paris was broken into on Sept. 16, 2025, prosecutors said. (Rachel Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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The suspect remains in custody while awaiting court proceedings.
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Paul Ingrassia withdrew his nomination to lead a government watchdog agency on Tuesday after his inflammatory rhetoric came to a head this week in a report about race-fueled text messages he purportedly sent.
Ingrassia’s decision to remove himself from consideration to head the Office of Special Counsel came two days before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs was set to consider his nomination.
«I will be withdrawing myself from Thursday’s HSGAC hearing to lead the Office of Special Counsel because unfortunately I do not have enough Republican votes at this time,» Ingrassia wrote on social media.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., quashed all hope of Ingrassia’s confirmation on Monday, saying, «He’s not going to pass.» When asked on Tuesday if it would be a mistake for Ingrassia to appear for his hearing, Thune laughed and said, «Yeah.»
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Paul Ingrassia, White House Liaison to the Justice Department, left, announces the release of brothers Andrew and Matthew Valentin outside the D.C. Central Detention Facility on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Pete Kiehart/The Washington Post)
Ingrassia, 30, said in a group chat, according to Politico, that he sometimes had a «Nazi streak» in him, and he used the term «moulignon,» an Italian slur for Black people, to call for doing away with Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month.
The leaked chat was only the latest controversy as Ingrassia has floated around the administration serving in two different roles.
In July, Ingrassia faced a formal complaint from a lower-ranking female colleague who alleged, according to Politico, that when they arrived at a hotel for a work trip in Orlando, she found she did not have a room and was informed by Ingrassia that she would be sharing one with him. The woman, who did end up sharing a room with him, later retracted the complaint and Ingrassia also disputed it.
Ingrassia has publicly defended social media influencer and self-described «misogynist» Andrew Tate, and previously worked at a law firm that said he was on Tate’s legal team before his July 2024 admission to the New York bar. Tate and his brother face U.K. charges of rape, actual bodily harm, human trafficking and controlling prostitution for gain, filed by the Crown Prosecution Service in May 2025. They deny the allegations.
Ingrassia was first hired as a White House liaison at the Department of Justice, where he was briefly put in charge of hiring Trump loyalists at the department. But he abruptly left and took a job at the Department of Homeland Security instead.
President Donald Trump nominated Ingrassia in May to lead the Office of Special Counsel, an independent agency (unaffiliated with the DOJ) that vets workplace complaints from federal employees.
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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
«Paul is a highly respected attorney, writer, and Constitutional Scholar, who has done a tremendous job serving as my White House Liaison for Homeland Security,» Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time.
Ingrassia rejected Politico’s characterization of the text messages, saying through his lawyer that even if they were real, «they clearly read as self-deprecating and satirical humor making fun of the fact that liberals outlandishly and routinely call MAGA supporters ‘Nazis.’»
Ingrassia has been scrutinized time and again for controversial writings, and pressure had been building on Trump to yank his nomination.
In a since deleted X post days after Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel, Ingrassia called the Palestine-Israel conflict a «psyop.»
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate (C) arrives at the Municipal Court of Bucharest, Romania, on June 21, 2023. (Daniel MihailescuI/AFP via Getty Images)
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A coalition of Jewish organizations was among those who called for Ingrassia’s nomination to be withdrawn.
«Mr. Ingrassia’s public statements and associations with people who espouse antisemitic, racist, and misogynistic views, raise serious questions about his ability to carry out these responsibilities with the integrity, impartiality, and commitment required of the office,» the coalition wrote.
A White House official confirmed to Fox News Digital that Ingrassia was no longer the nominee.
Alex Miller contributed to this report.
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