Zach Cregger’s “Resident Evil” gave the North American box office a shot in the arm in its first weekend in theaters. The Sony Pictures release earned $60 million in ticket sales from 3,684 locations in the U.S. and Canada, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The post Box Office: ‘Resident Evil’ #1 With Franchise Best $60 Million Debut appeared first on Breitbart.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday morning that genocidal dictator Xi Jinping will be traveling to the United States on Wednesday for meetings with President Donald Trump and other senior American officials.

The post China Confirms Xi Jinping to Visit U.S. on Wednesday appeared first on Breitbart.

Republican lawmakers are warning Democrat fundraising machine ActBlue their investigation into the platform possibly receiving foreign money remains ongoing.

The post House GOP: Probe of Democrat Fundraising Machine ActBlue Is ‘Far from Over’ appeared first on Breitbart.

A group of House Republican lawmakers sent a letter to the Women’s National Basketball Association on Friday, demanding that the league define what a woman is.

The letter, drafted by Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., and signed on by Reps. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., John Rose, R-Tenn., Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, and Sheri Biggs, R-S.C., sent the letter to the organization regarding its rule stating that “only players who are women are eligible to play,” though the rule does not explicitly define “woman” or outline specific standards for transgender women.

“I am asking the WNBA a simple question: What is a woman?,” Stutzman wrote on X. “The league has continually failed its players and fans by ignoring basic science. They have also fallen wildly short of protecting their players on the court. We want answers.”

As seen in the letter, first obtained by Fox News, Stutzman questioned the league’s lack of clarity regarding the rule after former professional men’s basketball players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White, two vocal participants in the league’s ongoing dispute over transgender athletes, were denied entry into the WNBA draft despite declaring themselves women.

“This action indicates the League certainly understands the biological difference between men and women, and has even gone so far as to enforce that distinction when deciding eligibility,” Stutzman said.

“The WNBA must ensure the League remains exclusively for biological women,” the representative continued, quoting remarks from Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham regarding the importance of “protecting women’s sports” by enacting transparent gender policies.

The letter also referenced an incident between Kanter Freedom and WNBA player Natasha Cloud, who rushed at him during a game at Wintrust Arena in Chicago on Aug. 23 after he was seen wearing a shirt that read “WOMAN noun. adult human female.”

“The WNBA cannot run from the transparency and accountability the American people are demanding. We want to see our favorite players protected on the court and want to see fans stop being targeted for practicing their First Amendment rights,” Stutzman said in a statement sent to USA TODAY Sports. “I am looking forward to the WNBA defining ‘woman’ so we can get back to basketball!”

Kanter Freedom has since been permanently banned from Wintrust Arena.

Gun-rights groups are asking the Supreme Court to hear Johnson v. Jacobson, a challenge to Minnesota’s refusal to recognize certain out-of-state carry permits.

The post Gun Groups Urge SCOTUS To Hear Case On Minnesota’s Nonresident Carry Restrictions appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) endorsed Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), calling him a "true partner" and sharing how he crossed the aisle several times.

The post Maine Democrat Rep. Jared Golden Endorses GOP Rep. Lawler: ‘True Partner’ appeared first on Breitbart.

Politico, MS NOW, and CNN are suing the White House after President Donald Trump announced he was banning the three outlets.

“This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes,” the news organizations said. “Without notice or process, the White House revoked our journalists’ credentials because it objected to our reporting. Left unchallenged, this threatens press freedom and the public’s right to independent journalism free from government interference.”

Trump seemingly responded to news of the lawsuit in a Monday post.

“The White House is not instituting an assault on the Free Press, something which I cherish. It is instituting an assault on the FAKE NEWS, something that has grown like Cancer in our beloved United States of America,” he wrote Monday morning. “It is corrupt, purposeful, pervasive, fully coordinated, and totally out of control. It is a threat to our National Security, and must be stopped, NOW!”

When asked Friday by reporters about the ban, Trump said “our country has to have honestness” and the banned press outlets “purposely write negative things, and they do that because they want to try and diminish the Republicans and a Republican administration.”

He said he was “sick” of “cumulative stories over the last few years” from the outlets.

The news outlets are represented by Theodore Boutrous Jr. of law firm Gibson Dunn. They are suing Trump, chief of staff Susie Wiles, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung, and Secret Service Director Sean Curran.

The outlets argue that the ban impedes their ability to cover the White House while also stirring up fear in other outlets. When Trump announced the ban, he said, “Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow.”

District Court Judge Trevor McFadden ruled last year that the White House cannot bar Associated Press reporters and photographers from the Oval Office, Air Force One, and other spaces for journalists.

CNN is one of five outlets that serve as TV pool. In response to the White House’s ban, the other TV networks in the rotation have said they will not fill in for CNN to cover events designated as pool coverage of the president. This means TV cameras will not capture the president’s activities, including his trip this week to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.

“This is to advise that, effective today, the TV pool will not be covering events designated as pool coverage of the President,” the TV pool chair wrote in the email. “This follows the White House’s position preventing CNN from fulfilling its assigned pool duties. There will be no replacement pool put in place.”

Vice President JD Vance said Trump is not banning media outlets, but refusing to give some certain access.

“He’s not banning media outlets,” he told reporters. “What he’s doing is saying we’re not going to give you special access to the White House if you engage in what is effectively propaganda.”

At least 17 people were shot, three of them fatally, Friday into Sunday night in Democrat-run Chicago, Illinois.

The post Chicago: at Least 17 Shot Friday Through Sunday Night appeared first on Breitbart.