FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Sunday that the FBI has launched a major investigation into the mysterious deaths and disappearances of nearly a dozen high-level U.S. scientists with access to top-secret classified information, many of whom worked on nuclear, aerospace, propulsion, and advanced defense programs.

In an interview on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, Patel revealed that President Trump was recently briefed on the cases and that the FBI is now centralizing the investigations across multiple jurisdictions to identify patterns, connections to classified material, and possible involvement by foreign actors.

“These missing and killed scientists and former professional members of the Department of Energy vary in a wide range, and we’re working most importantly with our state and local partners who have jurisdiction on each of these cases, whether they be a homicide or a missing person’s case; they have the evidence,” Patel stated.

Patel continued, “What we’re going to do is collectively pull it all into one place. We started this process last week, and then we’re going to look for connections, on whether there are connections to classified access, access to classified information, and or foreign actors, and then we will produce that information to the White House and the world because it’s of such great public importance. And if there are any connections that lead to nefarious conduct or conspiracy, the FBI will make the appropriate arrest.”

WATCH:

NOW: FBI Director Kash Patel CONFIRMS huge investigation into the mysterious death and loss of nearly a DOZEN high-level, top-secret scientists

President Trump recently held a meeting on the investigation

PATEL: “These missing and killed scientists and former professional… pic.twitter.com/sPrGMp09KH

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 19, 2026

Patel’s announcement is the most significant confirmation yet that the federal government is treating the strange incidents as a potential national security matter rather than isolated tragedies.

The Gateway Pundit has been closely following the disturbing pattern.

Earlier this week, President Trump publicly stated that the White House had already launched its own review of the cases after being alerted to roughly 10 scientists with access to classified nuclear, aerospace, and defense material who had either gone missing or turned up dead in recent months.

Just two days later, as The Gateway Pundit previously reported, the total had reached 11, with Republican Rep. Eric Burlison demanding a full federal investigation, calling the pattern “too coincidental” to ignore.

‘Too Coincidental’ String of Dead and Missing Scientists Hits 11 as UFO Researcher’s Mysterious Death Comes Under New Scrutiny (VIDEO)

The scientists have worked on highly sensitive projects, including rocket propulsion, nuclear fusion, asteroid tracking and deflection, missile technology, advanced materials, and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) research.

Several cases involve individuals who vanished while hiking or walking without their phones, wallets, or keys, while others were found shot to death under circumstances that remain unexplained.

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Carlo Maria Viganò, Archbishop former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America released a powerful statement this weekend after Pope Leo lashed out at Trump last week for ending the notoriously wicked Iranian regime.

IT is understandable that many Catholics feel offended and scandalized by the statements made by the President of the United States regarding Leo1 , even if one certainly cannot claim that Jorge Bergoglio refrained during his “reign” from launching attacks and provocations against Donald Trump. Moreover, the latter’s intervention is contextualized by the statements orchestrated against him this week on the CBS2 , propaganda program 60 Minutes by three utterly corrupt cardinals: Cupich, McElroy, and Tobin, three prelates who are notoriously ultra-Bergoglian and ultra-progressive, part of the network of the serial abuser Theodore McCarrick, inextricably linked to the radical “woke” Left, and key electors and closest collaborators of Robert Prevost.

When asked by journalists about Donald Trump’s post, Leo replied: “I am not afraid of the Trump administration, nor of boldly proclaiming the message of the Gospel, which is what I believe I am called to do, and what the Church is called to do.”3 These words, apparently indisputable coming from Prevost, can however shift sharply in meaning depending on how they are interpreted. They may simply mean, “I have no fear of civil power,” thereby asserting the superiority of the Catholic Church’s spiritual authority over any earthly authority. Or, in a diametrically opposite sense, they may mean, “I have no fear of this administration” – implying that, in other instances, he deems it legitimate to feel fear and to refrain from “boldly proclaiming the message of the Gospel.” And immediately, one is reminded of how often we have seen the Vatican “fear” other administrations, both in Washington – especially when the interference of Hillary Clinton and John Podesta went so far as to block in the Vatican banking transactions via the SWIFT network – and in Beijing, where the Holy See is officially involved with the communist dictatorship, through a secret Agreement, not to “forcefully proclaim the message of the Gospel,” rubber-stamping the episcopal appointments of the Chinese Patriotic Association without them being deemed a schismatic act, unlike the Consecrations at Ecône.

In numerous other instances, Prevost, and before him Bergoglio, have seen fit to remain silent of their own accord, perhaps because their acquiescence, if not outright enthusiastic cooperation, was precisely what the Powers That Be expected from the Conciliar and Synodal Church. Indeed, no sooner had the Trump Administration cut off the stream of funds that USAID was channeling to the USCCB and various bodies of the American Catholic Church to facilitate immigration, than an open war erupted on the part of all those cardinals and bishops whom Clinton, Obama, and Biden had, until that moment, showered with money. During those years of plenty, Bergoglio and the entire American Episcopate took great care not to disrupt their idyll with the White House, thanks, in part, to the good offices of then-Cardinal McCarrick, and paid scant heed to the pro-abortion, LGBTQ+, and gender-related policies promoted by “Catholic” Democrats. The mere suggestion of excommunicating “pro-choice” politicians was deemed an intolerable intrusion by a Hierarchy that had itself made it abundantly clear it had no intention whatsoever of taking such a step.

Thus, a single phrase, extrapolated from its context – “I am not afraid of the Trump administration, nor of boldly proclaiming the message of the Gospel” – might appear entirely unobjectionable. Yet, when viewed within a broader, more coherent framework, it leaves one utterly perplexed, for it directly contradicts the very words Leo uttered on that same occasion: “We are not politicians. […] I do not believe that the message of the Gospel should be instrumentalized, as some are currently doing.” And while there are undoubtedly those who instrumentalize “the message of the Gospel” through the pseudo-messianic delusions typical of American televangelists, there are also most certainly those the within the Vatican who do not hesitate to instrumentalize that very same Gospel to lend a veneer of legitimacy and morality to the agenda of ethnic replacement and the Islamization of the West: an agenda doggedly pursued by the globalist elite through the Agenda 2030. This is an Agenda that Trump detests entirely, but which the Holy See, Leo, the USCCB, and a host of pseudo-Catholic charities have elevated to the status of a new globalist totem within their own synodal program. Nor should we forget the doctrinal ratification that Bergoglio bestowed upon the pandemic farce and mass vaccination, just as he did for climate fraud and “sustainable development goals” with his pseudo-encyclical Laudato Si, or the blessing that Prevost imparted to a block of ice specially shipped from Antarctica during a truly cringeworthy ceremony at Castel Gandolfo.

Despite his insistence that he is not a politician, Leo had no qualms about granting a private audience on April 9 to David Axelrod, Barack Obama’s chief strategist and former senior advisor at the White House. One question is more than legitimate: Did Axelrod perhaps come to the Vatican to dictate a specific political strategy to Leo, much as Hillary Clinton and John Podesta had previously interfered to pressure Benedict XVI into abdicating and then facilitate the election of Bergoglio?

The paradox is made manifest by Trump himself: “Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a politician. It’s hurting him very badly and, more importantly, it’s hurting the Catholic Church!” Which is absolutely true, more so than President Trump could possibly imagine.

While the Democratic administrations have repeatedly and improperly interfered in the governance of the Church of Rome, untimely and inappropriate interventions by the Vatican regarding Washington have hardly been lacking either. And while nobody was surprised by the invective of the Jesuit from Buenos Aires, who labeled Trump “unchristian” for declaring his intention to repatriate hordes of illegal immigrants, the pronouncements of the Augustinian from Chicago regarding immigration, and more recently concerning the war, have certainly left observers bewildered: “God blesses no conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, never sides with those who yesterday wielded the sword and today drop bombs,” Leo said4 . Surely he could have elaborated, as Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger did in 2003: “Given the new weapons that make possible a destruction extending far beyond groups of combatants, today we must ask ourselves whether it is still licit to admit the very existence of a just war.”5 Or, better yet, Leo could have recalled the words of Pius XII: “A people threatened by, or already the victim of, unjust aggression, if it wishes to act in a Christian manner, cannot remain in a state of passive indifference; moreover, the solidarity of the family of nations forbids others from behaving as mere spectators, adopting an attitude of impassive neutrality.”6

But Prevost – and herein lies the true problem – does not speak with the voice of the Church: his words of condemnation against any war whatsoever ultimately serve to legitimize even unjust wars, thereby depriving the victim of aggression of the right to self-defense, given that even a defensive war would be deemed unjust. This error is akin to asserting that all religions are equivalent, that moral precepts must be adapted to contingent circumstances (see Amoris Lætitia and Fiducia Supplicans), or that capital punishment is contrary to the Gospel. For in these instances, too, the one who ought to serve as a point of reference in discerning Good from Evil betrays his own mandate by granting equal rights to error and to Truth, rather than assuming his moral responsibility to condemn the former and defend the latter.

Of course, if Leo ever dared to speak with the authoritative voice of the Catholic Church, he would find himself opposed not only by the pacifist Left (in whose ranks Prevost has served since the 1980s7 , joining the Young Augustinians movement8 , or Augustinians for Peace which was sponsored by the Italian Communist Party), but also by the “theo-con” Right, with which quite a few Catholic conservatives are dangerously aligned. The tolerance that the Conciliar Hierarchy currently enjoys is, in fact, conditional upon its acceptance and promotion not only of the globalist agenda of the UN, the World Economic Forum in Davos, and the Council for Inclusive Capitalism With the Vatican founded by Bergoglio in collaboration with Lynn Forester de Rothschild, but also of the liberal agenda of the Anglo-Zionist lobby. In other words, it depends on two supranational powers operating on seemingly opposing fronts yet pursuing a common objective: the establishment of a New World Order, in which, regardless of which side ultimately prevails in the conflict, the sole victim of persecution will invariably be Catholicism – specifically, that Traditional Catholicism which Rome is striving by every means to destroy or subsume by “conciliarizing” and “synodalizing” it.

According to Trump’s admonition, “Leo should get his act together as Pope […] and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician.” Indeed, the election of an American “pope” from Chicago, steeped in heretical doctrines acquired during his years of ministry in Latin America, devoted to the cult of Pachamama, and ideologically aligned – by his own admission – with the worst progressivism of the infamous Cardinals Bernardin and Cupich, appears to have been deliberately orchestrated to serve as a counterweight to the President of the United States. If his role was intended to be – as has indeed become evident in recent months – that of continuing the conciliar and synodal revolution, it comes as no surprise that Bergoglio meticulously paved the way for his ecclesiastical ascent, ensuring that he would succeed him and not undo the twelve years of systematic dismantling of the Catholic edifice and total subservience to the globalist establishment carried out by the Argentine Jesuit. In the face of these concrete demonstrations of continuity between Bergoglio and Prevost, the silence of the sparse, moderately conservative minority within the College of Cardinals confirms their complicity and inadequacy.

The unanimous chorus of the mainstream media and the neo-papists serves as proof that Leo is not speaking as a pope but rather as a standard-bearer for anti-Trumpism, so to speak. This is because the accolades come from figures – both within and outside the ecclesial body – who possess nothing of the Catholic spirit, and who would be the very first to crucify Prevost were he to dare express even the slightest doubt regarding the untouchable “dogms”s of the radical Left. Furthermore, this defense of Prevost is motivated precisely by the fact that the “pope” has chosen to play the politician, thereby demonstrating a partisanship that discredits both the Papacy and the Catholic Church in the eyes of the world. For this reason, Leo truly ought to “get his act together as Pope” – a task that is, however, exceedingly difficult for someone like him, who was chosen precisely because his support for the globalist agenda would be not merely coerced, but spontaneous and convinced; and because Leo is being kept under close watch by the emissaries of those Powers who have absolutely no intention of relinquishing the positions they have secured within the Catholic Church, now that they stand so tantalizingly close to the finish line.

When Our Lord Jesus Christ is recognized as King of the Nations, no Antichrist will dare to claim the title of Messiah. And when He is recognized as King and High Priest within the Church, no Vicar of His will dare to subvert His teaching or demolish His Church. If this is happening today, before our very eyes, it is because we are living in eschatological times in which Our Lord has been dethroned from His Divine Kingship by the Nations, and from His Eternal Priesthood by His own Ministers. Therefore, in judging present events, let us not allow ourselves to be beguiled by abstract speculations, nor let us attempt to alter reality to suit our own illusions. Let us view all that is unfolding through a supernatural lens, for this is the only way to preserve, amidst our present tribulations, that peace of soul which the world neither knows how to give, nor can give (Jn 14:27).

+ Carlo Maria Viganò, Archbishop former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America

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Oklahoma high school Principal Kirk Moore was shot in the leg while single-handedly tackling and disarming a former student armed with two semiautomatic handguns who had entered the school lobby intent on carrying out a Columbine-style mass shooting, and just 11 days later, his grateful students crowned him Prom King.

The incident took place on April 7 at Pauls Valley High School, about 60 miles south of Oklahoma City.

Surveillance video released by law enforcement shows 20-year-old former student Victor Lee Hawkins walking into the school lobby around 2:21 p.m., pointing guns at students, and ordering everyone to the ground.

One weapon jammed on his first attempt to shoot a student. He fired at another but missed.

Principal Moore, 60, rushed out of his office, fearlessly charged the gunman, face to face, and tackled him onto a bench against the wall.

During the struggle, Hawkins shot Moore in the leg.

Despite being shot, Moore still held Hawkins down until an assistant principal and staff could assist in disarming him and securing the scene.

No students or other staff were injured thanks to his bravery.

There is no way of knowing how many lives Moore saved that day with his heroic and selfless actions.

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Pauls Valley principal Kirk Moore charging and subduing a school shooter, helping save students’ lives. He is recovering from injuries. pic.twitter.com/Ezml2gKBox

— World Monitor (@MonitorWarnow) April 15, 2026

Pauls Valley Police Chief Don May praised Moore’s actions in a statement, saying, “It doesn’t surprise me the actions that he took, but it is amazing, the actions that he took. There’s not a doubt in my mind that he saved kids’ lives.”

Hawkins was arrested on the scene and booked into the Garvin County Jail. He faces charges including shooting with intent to kill, pointing a firearm, and unlawful carry of a weapon. He is being held on a $1 million bond.

Court documents state Hawkins admitted he planned to kill students, faculty, including Moore, whom he specifically disliked, and then himself in a massacre modeled after Columbine.

Moore was hospitalized and released a few days later.

He has been recovering at home but made a surprise appearance at the school’s senior prom on Friday night.

Video from the prom shows Moore entering the venue to thunderous applause and high-fives from students. He was crowned Prom King to the song “Hero” by Nickelback as the crowd cheered.

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Principal Kirk Moore, who tackled the school shooter, walked into prom a few days later to a huge celebration from the students and was named prom king. pic.twitter.com/qGOpkm0Aq9

— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) April 18, 2026

NEW: Principal Kirk Moore surprises his students at prom after getting shot while disarming a school shooter.

Moore was seen being crowned as ‘Prom King’ at Pauls Valley High School in Oklahoma.

Just 10 days earlier, Moore heroically charged at a school shooter and was able to… https://t.co/rs1omNGTYi pic.twitter.com/gbc0MAvT7N

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 18, 2026

Moore has said he is “healthy and recovering” and looks forward to returning to work soon.

Moore released a statement thanking the community, “Like so many educators around the country, we prepare for these events through training and careful assessment of the threats. I am grateful that my instincts and training, as well as God’s hand, were available to me on Tuesday.”

Hawkins is scheduled to appear in court again on May 8.

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The U.S. Justice Department has flatly refused to help French authorities investigate Elon Musk’s social media platform X.

In a letter sent Friday obtained by The Wall Street Journal , the DOJ’s Office of International Affairs said the French probe is an attempt to regulate a U.S. company through criminal law.

“This investigation seeks to use the criminal legal system in France to regulate a public square for the free expression of ideas and opinions in a manner contrary to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution,” the letter states.

The department added that France’s requests “constitute an effort to entangle the United States in a politically charged criminal proceeding aimed at wrongfully regulating through prosecution the business activities of a social media platform.”

The Justice Department just told French law enforcement authorities it wouldn’t facilitate their efforts to investigate @X. @TheJusticeDept accused France of abusing its criminal justice system to target an American company and censor free speech — in clear violation of the… pic.twitter.com/SVeg1Tu8FG

— Katie Miller (@KatieMiller) April 18, 2026

French authorities have been pursuing X since early 2025, including a February raid on its Paris office.

Prosecutors have sought U.S. help multiple times this year, including requests to serve summonses on Musk and other executives for “voluntary interviews.”

The probe covers allegations ranging from algorithmic bias to deepfakes and content banned under French law, including Holocaust denial.

X has dismissed the investigation as baseless and an attempt to impose censorship.

“We are grateful to the Justice Department for rejecting this effort by a prosecutor in Paris to compel our CEO and several employees to sit for interviews,” a company spokesperson said.

“We hope the Parisian authorities will now come to their senses, recognize that there is no wrongdoing here, and terminate their baseless investigation,” the official added.

French prosecutors said they were unaware of the DOJ letter and insisted their judiciary operates independently.

Since taking over Twitter back in 2022, Elon Musk has largely ended the previous censorship regime and renamed the company X.

Like many European countries, France is notorious for its hostility to freedom of speech, particularly for those from conservative or nationalist viewpoints.

Back in April 2024, French authorities arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in Paris, accusing the platform of failing to curb illegal content, including terrorism-related material, child exploitation, and fraud.

He was later released under judicial supervision, with the case still ongoing.

Macron Responds to Viral Cocaine Baggy Claims in Effort to Snuff Out Sniffing Rumors

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FBI Director Kash Patel announced Sunday that criminal arrests are imminent for multiple high-level figures involved in what he called a “de facto coup” against President Donald Trump, including efforts to personally attack the presidency and rig the U.S. electoral system.

Speaking to Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, Patel stated that investigators now possess “all the information we need” and are actively working with the Department of Justice to bring charges.

“We have found all this information. We are working with our Department of Justice partners, and I am never going to let this go,” Patel said.

“They not only have personally attacked the presidency of the United States and President Trump, but they tried to thwart our elections and rig the entire system.”

Patel added, “We’ve got all the evidence. I can announce on your show that we’ve got all the information we need. We’re working with our prosecutors at the Department of Justice and their Attorney General, Todd Blanche, and we are going to be making arrests, and it’s coming, and I promise you, it’s coming soon.”

Patel explicitly stated that former FBI Director James Comey would not be the only one facing criminal consequences.

WATCH:

KASH PATEL JUST SAID ARRESTS ARE COMING

James Comey is NOT going to be the only one facing CRIMINAL consequences!

They tried to stage a de facto COUP against Donald Trump and must pay for it.

“We have found all this information. We are working with our Department of… pic.twitter.com/6Z5P3ePePk

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 19, 2026

The Trump administration has long-promised accountability for the deep state network of federal officials, intelligence community leaders, and law enforcement figures accused of weaponizing government institutions against political opponents.

Patel has repeatedly vowed to restore the FBI to its “core mission” of fighting crime rather than engaging in political persecution, a theme he reiterated throughout the Bartiromo interview.

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