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Portland General Electric has implemented a nearly 30 percent rate increase for industrial power customers including AI data centers and cryptocurrency miners, while simultaneously reducing electricity costs for residential customers by about 1.3 percent. Tom’s Hardware reports that Portland General Electric, Oregon’s largest electricity supplier, will increase rates for large power consumers by 29.7 percent following unanimous approval from the state’s Public Utility Commission. The rate hike primarily targets large industries, AI data centers, and cryptocurrency mining operations, while residential users will see their costs decline by 1.3 percent. The increased rates apply to a new higher rate class created under…

The government of Syria expressed gratitude to President Donald Trump and his administration on Wednesday following the president’s announcement that it would remove the country from the State Department’s State Sponsors of Terrorism List, which it has been on since 1979. President Trump met his Syrian counterpart, President Ahmed al-Sharaa, at the annual NATO summit in Turkey on Wednesday. Trump has been highly complimentary of Sharaa, a former wanted al-Qaeda terrorist, since his overthrow of former Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, a key ally of Iran and Russia. Sharaa, in turn, has formally joined the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State…

In Democrat-run California and Los Angeles, movie and television production is so bad, the iconic Television City studio looks like it’s about to be sold. “Lenders are moving in on studio complexes owned by Hackman Capital Partners, the biggest independent owner of soundstages in Los Angeles, as production levels in the region hover around all-time lows,” reports the far-left Hollywood Reporter. “Filming for TV shows, long an anchor of shooting in the region, logged a decline of over 50 percent below the five-year average,” the report adds. A lender consortium led by Deutsche Bank have kicked off the process of…

As much of Europe swelters though a blistering heatwave France has taken an unusual decision with a reactor at the Golfech nuclear power plant near Toulouse and temporarily shut it down due to the heat. This is after Météo-France warned earlier the scorching hot spell is set to continue until “at least 14 July.” The Guardian reported the closure Thursday as large parts of western Europe are experiencing another extreme heat surge this summer with temperatures in high 30s across Spain and France and across to the UK and beyond. This is the second time in a matter of weeks…

Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) asked FBI Director Kash Patel to provide more details on his use of taxpayer resources in May, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Mid.) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) revealed in a letter this week, as questions continue to swirl over Patel’s financial stewardship of the agency. The embattled FBI director has long faced allegations that he is using the perks of his office for personal gain, after news outlets reported last year he used government jets for personal travel and surrounded his girlfriend, country music singer Alexis Wilkins, with SWAT team protection at public events. Patel’s…

Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, announced that her government is looking into taking legal action against agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the latest shooting incident in Texas. “We cannot allow the mistreatment of our brothers who are in the United States,” Sheinbaum said during her morning news conference, referring to a case on Tuesday in Houston. As Breitbart Texas reported, U.S. federal agents from ICE were trying to arrest Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national illegally present in the United States, when, according to an agency statement, the man resisted arrest, allegedly used his vehicle to ram an ICE…

Meta’s newly launched AI image generator, Muse Image, has sparked immediate privacy concerns after Mark Zuckerberg’s company automatically enrolled all adult users with public Instagram accounts in a feature that allows others to create AI images using their photos. Here’s how to prevent strangers from manipulating photos posted by you and your loved ones. The New York Times reports that Meta unveiled its AI image generator, Muse Image, with a controversial capability that permits users to generate AI images based on content from public Instagram accounts. The feature, integrated into Meta’s standalone chatbot application Meta AI, was implemented with automatic enrollment for…

The Democrat Party used up a mountain of cash in support of Maine’s Graham Platner, who suspended his campaign for the U.S. Senate on Wednesday in light of sexual assault allegations. Platner was accused of breaking into Jenny Racicot’s home and sexually assaulting her in 2021 when the pair were in an “on-and-off relationship,” Breitbart News reported Monday, noting other women have accused him of targeting them. Now, the Democrat Party and other organizations are no longer backing him, WGME reported Tuesday. “According to the latest data from the Federal Election Commission, as of May 20, Platner has raised more…

James Scott said the authorities questioned him for 2.5 hours, seized his devices, and are still investigating him An RT employee was detained and interrogated after arriving in the UK from Russia several days ago under the country’s counterterrorism laws.James Scott said he traveled to Manchester to visit friends and family and watch World Cup matches when he was stopped by the border authorities and questioned for two and a half hours.Speaking publicly for the first time after leaving the UK, Scott said the authorities seized his electronic devices, returning them several days later, and that he remains under investigation,…

As part of Breitbart’s America 250 coverage, we proudly present American Tributes. This special section showcases original videos sent to us from members of Congress, the Cabinet, and the Administration… all thematically connected by one simple premise: love of country. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) celebrated America’s 250th anniversary by reflecting on her love for Wyoming, the Declaration of Independence, and the founding principle that power in the United States belongs to the people, not the government. “America’s turning 250 years old this year,” Lummis said in an exclusive video for Breitbart News. “When someone asks me what I love about this…