Colonial Pipeline, the country’s largest gasoline pipeline, which runs from Texas to New York, briefly shut down after sustaining damage in Georgia. “The pipeline was damaged by a third-party well-drilling crew on March 31,” Pipeline & Gas Journal stated. The damage to Colonial Pipeline’s Line 1 reportedly occurred in Paulding County, Georgia. Repairs to the pipeline were completed on April 1. First Valero Refinery, Now Largest U.S. Gasoline Pipeline Damaged In Georgia https://t.co/81n8ERMhLG — zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 2, 2026 More from Pipeline & Gas Journal: Line 1 delivers roughly 1.5 million barrels of gasoline each day from Houston, Texas, to storage tanks in Greensboro, North Carolina, from where the motor fuel is distributed locally or shipped to other markets all the way up to the New York Harbor. Colonial is the largest fuel pipeline in the United States and the outage came at a bad time for U.S. consumers reeling from a surge in fuel prices due to the Iran war. U.S. average gasoline prices crossed $4 a gallon for the first time in more than three years on March 30. Early last year, Line 1 was shut for about five days after a leak in Paulding County, with limited market impact as it occurred in January, when gasoline demand is low. According to Zero Hedge, the line stopped shipping fuel after the damage in Georgia occurred. “Line 1 is out of service while our team coordinates response and repair efforts,” Colonial said in a statement, according to the outlet. Brookfield Infrastructure owned Colonial pipeline down Is it me or are we seeing tit for tat moves against energy infrastructure? First refineries, now a pipeline. pic.twitter.com/X0B6yyMs68 — Arthur Vandelay (@ArturoVandelayI) April 1, 2026 Zero Hedge has more: While the rest of Colonial’s pipeline system remains operational, any prolonged shutdown risks further tightening fuel supplies at a time when the war in Iran has pushed the U.S. national average price for regular gasoline to the politically sensitive level of $4 per gallon. Let’s remind readers that the 380,000-barrel-per-day Port Arthur, Texas, Valero refinery experienced an explosion last week at its 47,000-bpd unit 243 diesel hydrotreater. The good news is that the refinery has since restarted operations. First a refinery, now a pipeline. One has to wonder whether these “industrial accidents” are early signs of sabotage, particularly at a time when energy infrastructure is being destroyed across Russia, Ukraine, and the Middle East.

Former Democratic Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who is considered a potential 2028 presidential nominee, said his party has “lost the plot” on cultural issues with many voters. “We lost the plot,” Emanuel said on “The Fifth Column” podcast. “We as Democrats nationally, from ‘Latinx,’ to defunding the police, to ‘Police organizations are all racist,’ to bringing a set of cultural wars to our schools. We are on the losing side of those cultural wars. Full stop,” he continued. “You are worried about bathroom access and locker room access, why don’t you focus on classroom excellence? You have 50% of our kids not reading at grade level,” he added. “Well, they can just say, ‘We can do both,’” one co-host of the podcast commented. “You’ve proven you can’t, because you’ve permitted a 30-year-low in reading and math scores and nobody seems to be calling the whistle on this. We’ve lost the plot,” Emanuel said. “Because the party got unanchored,” he said. “Every one of our most successful electoral presidents anchored themselves in what I call middle-class values and values that are universal, at least in this country, ascribed to. We went from acceptance to advocacy. Big difference,” he explained. Check it out: Rahm Emanuel on how and why the Democrats have "lost the plot." Our members-only episode with Rahm Emanuel is available now on Substack. pic.twitter.com/5HALlSCBEj — The Fifth Column (@wethefifth) March 31, 2026 Fox News shared further: Emanuel argued there were multiple peak moments in the first 25 years since the millennium, such as the Iraq War, which he said was waged on a lie, the 2008 financial crisis where banks were bailed out, and the COVID-19 pandemic, all of which had one key result. In all those events, he said, the wealthy were able to stay afloat while others paid the price as their world dramatically changed. He said that, while many people simply wish to point the finger at President Donald Trump for bringing more rage to American politics, Trump merely rode the anger that was already there. 'LOST THE PLOT': Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel torches his own party for losing touch with Americans, saying Democrats are "on the losing side" of culture wars and have "un-anchored" themselves from middle-class values. Emanuel pointed to the transgender athlete issue as an… pic.twitter.com/E9JhvSQG8q — Fox News (@FoxNews) April 2, 2026 Emanuel, who served as White House chief of staff under Barack Obama from 2009 to 2010, could potentially rival other Democratic presidential contenders on social issues. “Electorally I don’t think he’ll be a threat, but he has an ability to shape the race in other ways,” one Democratic adviser to another potential 2028 contender said, according to POLITICO. “He’s good at getting reporters to cover him and he is shameless in a good way: He’s not afraid of putting himself out there,” the adviser added. “He will spice up the race,” another individual commented, the outlet noted. New: @RahmEmanuel, headed to NH and SC this week, is prepping a presidential campaign that’s a rolling rebuke of his own party. Can he really win in 2028? He sees a weak field. “The answer to that is: It’s a jump ball,” he told me. “Even for the frontrunner, it’s a jump ball.”… — Adam Wren (@adamwren) March 29, 2026 POLITICO has more: Not all Democratic operatives hold an Emanuel candidacy in high esteem. Asked what she thinks of an Emanuel campaign, Rebecca Katz, the Democratic strategist who represented Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, simply said, “I don’t.” But he’s good at making himself hard to ignore. He has released no fewer than eight policy proposals, from a social media ban for children under 16 to a predictive markets ban for federal employees and their family members to age limits on politicians running for office. He has said he would campaign in forgotten parts of the country, and during his recent Michigan trip he demonstrated he’s in his “wearing safety glasses and touching heavy machinery alongside blue-collar workers in a battleground state” era. He also just hit up battleground Wisconsin, and on Monday will visit New Hampshire’s St. Anselm Institute of Politics for the storied Politics and Eggs event before heading to early-primary South Carolina — the surest sign yet he’s looking to be a 2028 contender. Meanwhile, he has established a weekly routine of jetting from a CNN appearance, where he is an on-air contributor, to back home in Chicago, where he cranks out columns for The Wall Street Journal and records a handful of podcasts a week, including one about fly-fishing, his favorite pastime. The notion that he is merely trying to troll the Democratic presidential field and rein them back toward the center has given way to the idea that he is actually serious about running himself. “He is out there throwing ideas out and traveling and being provocative and stirring the pot and moving the debate, and I don’t think it’s a prelude to a podcast,” says David Axelrod, the former senior adviser to President Barack Obama who worked with Emanuel when he was Obama’s chief of staff.

A $6 billion data center was approved by a Missouri city council despite members of the public filling the bleachers of a gym to express their disapproval. In a 6-2 vote, the Festus City Council approved an ordinance to create a “framework of requirements” for the data center developer, St. Louis Public Radio reports. Members of the public filled the Festus High School gym to oppose the data center. “No data center,” the crowd chanted. Check it out: This is literally insane So many people showed up to oppose a $6 billion dollar data center in Missouri they had to use bleachers The whole crowd yells and chants they don’t want the data center Festus City Council voted to approve the data center anyway right in their faces pic.twitter.com/I9xOyK9U4p — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) April 3, 2026 More from St. Louis Public Radio: The ordinance locks in rules the developer must follow if the data center is built, like requiring CRG to pay for infrastructure upgrades to water, sewage and streets. Around 25 members of the public were allotted five minutes each to comment on the ordinance before the vote. Lauren Albers lives near the proposed location, three houses down from where CRG has said it will offer buyouts to homeowners. Like many who spoke at the meeting, she said she believed the city council had already made up its mind on the proposal. “I am not against growth,” she said. “I’m against putting data centers between homes. I am against rushing into development before residents get real information, real answers and a real voice.” Thirty-nine people signed up to speak, but Mayor Sam Richards cut off public comment after two hours before the council moved the ordinance to a vote. Staci Templeton and Brian Wehner, council members who represent Festus’ second ward, voted against the ordinance in what many audience members called a “surprise move.” After the vote, members of the council and representatives of Clayco CRG left through the back doors of the gymnasium as angered residents lined up against a wall of Festus police officers. “The developer, CRG, a subsidiary of real estate firm Clayco, plans to build the facility on more than 360 acres of wooded land off Highway 67 and County Road CC,” KSDK stated. Public pushback on the data center proposal has been ongoing for months. Festus residents push back against potential data center https://t.co/3hxM9nytP5 — FOX2now (@FOX2now) February 10, 2026 KSDK has more: While the vote marks a major step forward for the project, opponents signaled the conflict is far from over. The financial stakes for the city are substantial. Festus City Attorney Brian Malone said the deal is expected to generate $1.3 billion for the city. A significant portion of that revenue will come from utility taxes tied to the facility’s energy demands. “There will be no cap on the city’s utility tax. That alone will provide $8 million annually in revenue per year for the city at the start of operation, and that will increase to $22 million per year in 2031 when the center reaches full power usage,” Malone said. Under the agreement, the developer must offer voluntary buyouts to homeowners living within 1,000 feet of an active data center building. Recent changes to the deal include extending the buyout timeline and placing a cap on the maximum daily water usage. For residents near the proposed site, the financial incentives offer little comfort. Rozilyn Daniels and her teenage daughter, Mercie Daniels, live on Glenkee Court in a home eligible for a buyout and remain undecided about their future. “I hate that that is the reality of my life now. I hate how they think of these places as houses and not homes. These are people, and it really affects us,” Rozilyn and Mercie Daniels said. The project’s timing presents a challenge for Mercie Daniels, who would likely be in her senior year of high school if the family relocates. Watch additional coverage below:

The White House refuted a report published by The Guardian claiming that President Trump privately asked cabinet officials if he should fire Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. President Trump Allegedly Considering Replacing Another Top Official "@POTUS has total confidence in @DNIGabbard, and any insinuation otherwise is totally fake news. The President has assembled the most talented and impactful Cabinet ever, and they have collectively delivered historic victories on behalf of the American people," White House spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement. .@StevenCheung47: "@POTUS has total confidence in @DNIGabbard, and any insinuation otherwise is totally fake news. The President has assembled the most talented and impactful Cabinet ever, and they have collectively delivered historic victories on behalf of the American people." https://t.co/tOvbyQnCSU — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 2, 2026 Daily Mail shared further: President Donald Trump believes that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard should remain in the job he chose for her, sources tell the Daily Mail. Since the war in Iran started last month, Gabbard's rivals have questioned her loyalty to the mission, advocating that the president fire her and name a replacement. One solution, proposed by an ally of Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was fired by the president on Thursday was to shift Bondi to replace Gabbard, according to CBS. But the president indicated that he wanted Gabbard to stay in the job the report noted. The White House pushed back against a report from the Guardian that said Trump had soured on Gabbard after her former deputy Joe Kent, who made a dramatic exit and resigned in protest over the president's decision to go to war with Iran. The report comes on the same day Trump ousted Bondi from her role as Attorney General and less than a month after he removed Kristi Noem from the Department of Homeland Security. But the White House pushed back strongly against the idea that the president was ready to oust a third woman from his cabinet. Trump told reporters "yeah, sure" when asked if he still had confidence in Gabbard's leadership. “I mean, she’s a little bit different in her thought process than me, but that doesn’t make somebody not available to serve," he added. Footage below: Trump reportedly rejected a proposal to remove Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence. He personally shut down the idea, which could have cleared the way for Pam Bondi to step into the role.pic.twitter.com/EdpbrTOxg6 https://t.co/kw8449CgCn — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 2, 2026 Read more from The Guardian report: In his second term, Trump has been averse to firing anyone outright, and has often ended up moving officials that he thinks could become a liability to other roles. Most recently, he demoted Kristi Noem from homeland security secretary to a lesser role as an envoy within the state department. There has been a general recognition in the administration that Gabbard often faces thankless tasks, and has struggled at times to find her own lane as the director of national intelligence, a role that traditionally involves overseeing US intelligence agencies and their competing factions. Gabbard’s testimony that frustrated Trump, for instance, was in line with her longstanding criticism of the US becoming entangled in foreign wars, as well as her previous statements to Congress in 2019 that she believed the president could not legally order pre-emptive attacks. Her testimony also represented remarks that had been workshopped with the CIA in advance of the hearings, according to a person familiar with the matter, who added that Gabbard had been spending nearly every day at the White House in support of the war in Iran. She has won favor with Trump in other moments, including for producing an official report asserting that Russia had not sought to boost Trump’s campaign in 2016 at the expense of Hillary Clinton – a conclusion not shared by congressional investigations at the time. “Over the past two weeks, President Trump said both that he has confidence in the DNI and that she did well at her hearings before Congress. She remains committed to fulfilling the responsibilities the president placed in her,” Olivia Coleman, a spokesperson for Gabbard, said in a statement. But Gabbard has also quickly racked up a list of perceived transgressions, current and former officials said.

New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte and her security detail were among those who helped rescue “Bob’s Burgers” voice actor and comedian Eugene Mirman after a fiery crash. According to the New York Post, the crash happened late Tuesday morning when an electric vehicle struck the Bedford Toll Plaza and caught fire. Ayotte and her security detail encountered the wreckage soon after. A trooper and two others helped pull the 51-year-old actor from the burning vehicle through a window. Footage below: New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte and her security detail were among those who assisted in a fiery crash at a New Hampshire toll plaza on Tuesday — helping pull the driver from the burning vehicle, according to state police. https://t.co/HlOXRc3oa9 pic.twitter.com/Tz5ueKMA1l — ABC News (@ABC) April 1, 2026 ABC News shared further: The vehicle, a 2026 Lucid electric vehicle, “immediately became engulfed in flames,” Hall said during a press briefing on Tuesday. The governor and her security detail came upon the accident just after the vehicle crashed into the toll plaza, Hall said. A New Hampshire state trooper assigned to her detail and two other bystanders helped Mirman — the lone occupant — out of the burning vehicle through the window, according to Hall. Hall said he is not identifying the trooper due to the nature of the assignment. “It is a veteran trooper, and certainly their actions were heroic in what they did — without hesitation, put themselves in danger to render aid to somebody that clearly was in need of it,” Hall said. “I’m proud of the State Trooper and the bystanders who saved a life at the scene of yesterday’s crash in Bedford,” Ayotte said in a statement. “It’s an example of the great work first responders do each day to keep New Hampshire safe and how Granite Staters always step up to help someone in need.” The governor and other witnesses also provided assistance at the scene, according to Hall. “Eugene was in a very scary car accident. He wants to thank the bystanders, state police, first responders and hospital staff who saved him. He is grateful to be on the mend. At this time, we kindly ask for privacy for Eugene and his family as he focuses on recovering from his injuries,” Mirman’s agent said in a statement, according to the outlet. The governor exited her vehicle to retrieve a fire extinguisher, the New York Post noted. 'Bob's Burgers' actor Eugene Mirman rescued from fiery crash by New Hampshire governor's detail https://t.co/Ii6qQcwCSY pic.twitter.com/k6AFyZS1DG — New York Post (@nypost) April 2, 2026 More from the New York Post: Mirman, who was born in Moscow and grew up in Massachusetts, is known for voicing musical middle child Gene Belcher in more than 300 episodes of the animated comedy “Bob’s Burgers” and its movie, in addition to roles on “Flight of the Conchords,” “Delocated” and “Archer.” Ayotte said she and her husband were praying for the driver’s recovery. “I want to thank the Trooper on my security detail and the bystanders who stepped up to help at the scene of the crash for their brave lifesaving efforts,” she said in a statement. The crash remains under investigation. No charges have been filed.