Feds halt Dakota Access Pipeline construction as influx of veterans join protest

Showdown at Standing Rock
In a sudden turnabout that few could have predicted, the Army Corps of Engineers announced on Sunday that it's been ordered by the federal government to halt construction of the highly controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, pending a full environmental impact review. This last-minute development came in the wake of a weekend influx of more than 2,000 veterans to Standing Rock, where some 5,000 pipeline protesters have been camped out next to the Sioux reservation —