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An Oklahoma man is facing nine felony charges for making death threats against Senate Majority Leader John Thune and members of his family. David Shuck, 63, appeared in federal court in Tulsa on Thursday after a grand jury there returned an indictment charging him with making threats against Thune and his family by phone on three separate occasions in March, court records show. Prosecutors did not seek pretrial detention for Shuck. U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Steele ordered Shuck released on a $10,000 bond. A spokesperson for Thune’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A court-appointed defense…

Thermal imaging drones, sniffer dogs, police, and a growing army of volunteers are being deployed in the Australian state of Queensland after a nefarious Tasmanian Devil escaped its zoo enclosure to begin life on the run. The two-year-old missing marsupial miscreant is named Mary. She fled the Paradise Country wildlife park on the Gold Coast in the dead of night, after arriving at the facility last month, ABC News reports. Park officials said the perimeter had been scoured with Queensland Police and Wildcare Australia also joining the search as it expanded into surrounding areas. University of Queensland adjunct professor and…

President Donald Trump said Thursday that without energy dominance, the United States “can’t win” after he announced $700 million in funding to bolster America’s coal industry. When asked by Breitbart News about the importance of dominating different forms of energy production, whether it be coal, liquefied natural gas, or oil, the president zoned in on artificial intelligence as one example in particular. “Without it, you can’t win. As an example, AI is a big deal, whether we like it, not like it; it’s going to be amazing in many ways,” he said. “I think for medical it’ll be amazing, but…

The Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the arrests of 114 illegal migrants over a three-day operation on South Carolina’s highways I-26 and I-85 last month. The arrests were made during “Operation Safe Drive,” which was conducted in the Palmetto State on May 12, 13, and 14, in cooperation with state and local law enforcement agencies, according to the Columbia Post and Courier. ICE spokesperson Lindsay Williams rated the arrests as both “criminal” and “administrative” but the exact charges and names of the suspects have not yet been released. The department also said that the operation…

Current acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was, as deputy attorney general, responsible for the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, former Attorney General Pam Bondi repeatedly told members of Congress and staff in a closed-door interview last month. The revelations come the day after President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Blanche to replace Bondi, who he fired in April, as the head of DOJ — and as Blanche contends bipartisan blowback over now-abandoned plans to launch a $1.8 billion fund awarding payouts to victims of “lawfare.” It also comes as Bondi has continued to face scrutiny…

The bloc’s ‘Operation Aspides’ already operates in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and the north-west Indian Ocean The EU may expand its existing Red Sea naval mission to the Strait of Hormuz, taking the lead role in mine-clearing operations in the strategic shipping route, according to media reports citing an internal document.The bloc’s ‘Operation Aspides,’ launched in February 2024, patrols the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and northwest Indian Ocean, escorting commercial vessels and helping to protect shipping from attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militants.The proposal would see Aspides assume the “primary role” in mine-clearing operations in the Strait of…

House Freedom Caucus conservatives cheered the passage of an amendment to an appropriations bill that would terminate the so-called the Biden-era auto “kill switch.” “Taxpayer dollars should not fund a surveillance system that treats every law abiding American driver as a suspect. As we work to address very real problems, we cannot allow our Constitutional liberties to be shredded or create a world where every American driver becomes a node for data gathering,” Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) told Breitbart News in a written statement. When Congress passed the so-called Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act during the Biden administration in 2021,…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the detection of New World Screwworm larvae in a calf less than 50 miles inland from the Texas-Mexico border. The flesh-eating screwworm maggots were found in the umbilical area of a 3-week-old calf in Zavala County, Texas. The reintroduction of the New World Screwworm has been feared by authorities in Texas for some time. The discovery in Zavala County poses a serious threat to livestock producers within the state and nationwide should the screwworm migration spread. As reported by Breitbart Texas’ Bob Price, officials in the state…

President Donald Trump likened a UFC arena set up on the White House lawn to the Eiffel Tower, suggesting it might “never, ever” be taken down. In a TikTok video, Trump shared the history of the Eiffel Tower and how it was initially built for the World’s Fair of 1889. Trump continued to share that the Eiffel Tower “was supposed to be taken down immediately after the World’s Fair,” but the people of France liked it and kept it up longer and longer. “Many don’t know that in Paris, France, the Eiffel Tower, 1889, it was built,” Trump said. “It…

House Democratic leaders opposed a resolution offered by a member of their own caucus that would have limited the Trump administration’s military options in Lebanon — showcasing long-simmering friction between top Democrats and progressives over conflict in the Middle East. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) forced a vote Thursday afternoon on a war powers resolution to rein in the Trump administration in Lebanon, where Israel has attacked Hezbollah. The resolution — which would have forced U.S. troops out of Lebanon in seven days — failed 91 to 324. Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar (D-Texas) was among those backing Tlaib’s effort.…