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EXCLUSIVE: CCP Intel-Associated Official Converted Taxpayer-Funded Facility By US Military Bases Into Massive Illegal Weed Grow

A Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence official is the head of a U.S. taxpayer-funded facility in the Mojave Desert where authorities dismantled a massive illegal marijuana operation, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered.

United States of America The Daily Caller News Foundation

Jul 20, 2026

Reporting

Florida Surrogate Mother Battling For Custody After Intended Parent From China Allegedly Never Came To Get His Kids

A Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence official is the head of a U.S. taxpayer-funded facility in the Mojave Desert where authorities dismantled a massive illegal marijuana operation, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered.

United States of America People's Republic of China

Jul 18, 2026

Reporting

Over $2B California Solar Plant Built To Last, Now Closing Over Inefficiency

The partially taxpayer-funded Ivanpah Solar Power Facility in California’s Mojave Desert is set to shut down in 2026 due to inefficiency in generating solar energy, according to the New York Post. The $2.2 billion plant…

Jul 2, 2026

Reporting

The Environmental Toll Of Obama-Era ‘Clean Energy’

More than a decade after it was built, the Ivanpah Solar Power Plant in California is still drawing scrutiny, not just for its cost, but for its environmental trade-offs. The facility sits in the Mojave Desert near the…

California-based Mojave Desert

Jul 1, 2026

Opinion

BONNER COHEN: Taxpayer-Backed Solar Facility In Mojave Desert Will Shut Down Next Year

The sun will soon be setting on the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility in California’s Mojave Desert. Boosted by $1.6 billion in taxpayer-backed loans in 2011, the gargantuan project was hailed by President Obama’s first…

Jul 1, 2026

Reporting

America’s Rare-Earth Comeback: Inside the High-Stakes Push to Break China’s Grip

At the edge of California’s Mojave Desert, the Mountain Pass mine looks like any other stretch of dust and rock. But for decades, this unassuming pit supplied the rare-earth elements that power everything from…

Nov 24, 2025

Reporting

Beloved Musician and His Wife Found Dead on Dirt Road, Mysterious Circumstances Point to One Thing

An elderly California musician and his wife were found dead Aug. 21 in the Mojave Desert. Larry and Betty Petree of Bakersfield apparently ran out of gas and became stranded on a dirt road east of California City, more…

Aug 27, 2022