https://freerepublic.com/tag/news-forum/ en-us Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:34:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375937/posts A simmering feud between Reps. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) and Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has roared back up to a boil, escalating to tit-for-tat threats of expulsion as each lawmaker publicly lobs attacks on the other’s character. Mace on Monday filed a resolution to expel Mills, citing allegations of dating violence and campaign finance laws — a move that comes amid renewed scrutiny of sexual misconduct by House members after Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) resigned last week. “Cory, your days are numbered. Start packing,” Mace said in a statement announcing the expulsion resolution.But Mills is pointing the finger... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375937/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:34:14 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375936/posts Egypt has launched what developers describe as the country’s first fully artificial‑intelligence‑powered “cognitive city,” a major new urban development east of Cairo pitched as a global investment hub and described by its developer as an unprecedented step in smart urban development. The project, known as “The Spine,” was unveiled over the weekend by Talaat Moustafa Group (TMG) at an event attended by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly at the Cabinet headquarters in the New Administrative Capital, according to a company statement. Developers say the project will serve as a major international business hub and could contribute about one percent of Egypt’s... MSN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375936/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:29:59 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375934/posts A criminal immigrant accused of carrying out a shooting spree in Georgia that killed three people was found dead inside his jail cell. Olaolukitan Adon-Abel, 26, was discovered unresponsive late on Tuesday night in his cell at a DeKalb County jail, according to the sheriff's office. Authorities said life-saving measures were attempted, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of death has not yet been determined and an internal review is underway but officials say they do not currently suspect foul play. The sudden death brings a dramatic turn in a case that had already stunned Georgia... UK Mail https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375934/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:13:40 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375932/posts The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that a grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center for making fraudulent payments of millions of dollars to members of the Ku Klux Klan and other neo-Nazi organizations. One leader of the 2017 Unite the Right protest in Charlottesville, Va., received roughly $270,000 over an eight-year period. Others had affiliations with the Ku Klux Klan, United Klans of America, Aryan Nations, the Nationalist Socialist Party of American Nazis and the Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club. Several of the informants were also being paid while simultaneously being featured in SPLC publications — including on its... NY Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375932/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:47:07 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375930/posts SPLC raised funds by keeping fake racism alive, and were attack dogs for the left. They put friends I admire including Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Charlie Kirk via Turning Point, on their “Hate and Extremism” list. Some in Corporate America funded them, and many made donation rules, content moderation, and partnership decisions based on their nonsense. We knew they were unethical; glad to see this admin expose SPLC’s criminal nature. X https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375930/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:23:57 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375927/posts "UKMTO has received a report of an incident 15NM northeast of Oman," an alert read. "The Master of a Container Ship reported that the vessel was approached by 1 IRGC gun boat, no VHF challenge that then fired upon the vessel which has caused heavy damage to the bridge. No fires or environmental impact reported. All Crew reported safe." Between the start of the war and Sunday, April 20, a total of 33 reports of incidents affecting vessels operating in and around the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz (SOH), and Gulf of Oman were received. ..... Arutz Sheva https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375927/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:09:30 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375925/posts logo Three Decades Since the Panama Bombing: The Hezbollah Connection and Ali Zaki’s Extradition José Gustavo Arocha José Gustavo Arocha April 20, 2026 SFS Home Research Three Decades Since the Panama Bombing: The Hezbollah Connection and Ali Zaki’s Extradition Share EXPERT Three Decades Since the Panama Bombing: The Hezbollah Connection and Ali Zaki’s Extradition José Gustavo Arocha Senior Fellow Meet our expert KEY POINTS On April 20, 2026, Ali Zaki Hage Jalil arrived in Panama after Venezuela approved his extradition in connection with the 1994 bombing of Alas Chiricanas Flight 901, marking the most significant breakthrough in the case in... SFS https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375925/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:52:26 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375923/posts Two Israeli soldiers have been pulled from combat duty and given 30-day jail sentences after one photographed the other swinging what appeared to be a sledgehammer at the head of a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon, the Israeli military said on Tuesday. Other troops who stood by but did nothing to intervene, the military said, have also been summoned and could face disciplinary action. The military replaced the damaged statue with a gleaming new sculpture of the crucifixion of Christ and released a photo of it. The extraordinarily swift administration of military justice by Israel was a tacit acknowledgment... New York times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375923/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:06:57 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375920/posts One hundred years ago today - April 21st 1926 - HRH The Duchess of York gave birth to a daughter at the London home of her father, the fourteenth Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. The house at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair no longer stands because Canadian Pacific demolished it to put up a luxury hotel, which itself no longer stands. But until recently the little girl born on the site still stood, and kept the House of Windsor standing too. I thought she would still be with us on this day - her mum made her century - but... Steyn Online https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375920/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:46:11 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375918/posts “The sheriff leading the investigation into the unsolved disappearance of Nancy Guthrie has a checkered past in law enforcement, including allegedly beating a handcuffed suspect and threatening witnesses, records allege. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, 70, was suspended eight times when he worked for the El Paso Police Department in Texas early in his career, reports Arizona Republic. The outlet obtained records from Nanos' past through a public records request, which detailed a litany of alleged violations from Nanos when he was a young police officer.” Daily Mail https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375918/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:35:08 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375915/posts ATHENS – Fraudulent messages promising safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for cryptocurrency have been sent to some shipping firms with vessels stranded west of the waterway, said Greek maritime risk management firm Marisks. The US has maintained its blockade of Iranian ports, while Iran has lifted and then reimposed its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, through which about one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas passed before war broke out in the Middle East. Amid ceasefire talks, Tehran, which controls the choke point, has proposed tolls on vessels to safely transit. Marisks on... The Straits Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375915/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:24:45 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375913/posts Democrats approved a new congressional map in Virginia on Tuesday, the latest skirmish in a redistricting arms race that will help determine which party wins control of Congress in the midterm elections. Leading up to the Virginia vote, Republicans had amassed a cushion of newly drawn Republican seats through gerrymanders in Texas, North Carolina, Missouri and Ohio. Democrats countered with a gerrymander of their own in California, and courts in Utah gave Democrats an unexpected new district in the deeply red Western state. That meant that going into Tuesday night, there were between eight and nine new Republican-leaning districts, and... The New York Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375913/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:05:47 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375909/posts Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that his office has filed a lawsuit against ActBlue in Tarrant County, Texas, following a multi-year investigation into the fundraising platform’s compliance with election laws. The lawsuit, filed in Fort Worth, alleges that ActBlue misled both Congress and the public while failing to follow federal and state requirements designed to prevent improper or illegal political donations. During an exchange with commentator Benny Johnson, Paxton confirmed the legal action and outlined the basis for the case. “ I assume you've heard of ActBlue. We just filed a lawsuit this morning in Tarrant County, which is... Objectivist https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375909/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:26:14 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375907/posts In his funeral oration to the mothers and wives of fallen soldiers, Pericles, the Athenian leader, said: “Like them, remember that prosperity can only be for the free, that freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.”This line is engraved on war memorials across Australia, New Zealand and other Commonwealth nations, quoted at dawn services and used in official Anzac Day reflections for almost a century. Instead of honouring what these great soldiers, including our special forces, served and died to defend, in one sentence Anthony Albanese told us plainly: “We can’t go... The Australian https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375907/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:10:52 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375906/posts Democrats scored a major victory on Tuesday as a congressional redistricting referendum that could give Democrats a significant boost in the battle for the U.S. House of Representatives majority in this year's midterm elections was passed by Virginia voters, the Associated Press reported at 8:49 p.m. ET. The ballot measure gives the Democrat-controlled Virginia legislature — rather than the state's current nonpartisan commission — temporary redistricting power through the 2030 election. It could result in a 10-1 advantage for Democrats in Virginia's congressional delegation, up from their current 6-5 edge. That would give the Democrats four additional left-leaning U.S. House... 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The officers, who have not been named, died along with the area's chief police investigator and his bodyguard in the state of Chihuahua on Sunday. Mexican officials said the car swerved off the road and exploded when it fell down a ravine. The Americans were initially identified as US embassy officials, however sources told the Washington Post that they worked for the CIA. They reportedly worked with the... Daily Mail UK https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375900/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:14:16 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375899/posts A liberal group is looking to counter the influence of conservative Turning Point USA on college campuses by launching its own club that invites students to fight back against “authoritarianism” and “corporate greed.” More Perfect University (MPUniversity), founded by the liberal media group “More Perfect Union,” made its big launch on Monday, saying students in all 50 states joined MPUniversity in the six days leading up to it. The launch featured a livestream and interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), whose advisors founded More Perfect Union. “Mainstream media, politicians, and universities are bowing down to the 1%. We’re organizing on... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375899/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:09:19 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375898/posts Virginia prop losing in initial reports Virginia state department https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375898/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:05:56 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375897/posts Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has ordered an investigation into the role played by two US officials who reportedly worked for the CIA in a counter-narcotics operation in the northern state of Chihuahua. The two died alongside two Mexican officials when their car crashed on their way back from an operation to destroy illegal drug labs, Chihuahua officials said. Sheinbaum said that neither she nor senior members of the federal security team had been informed about any joint US-Mexican operations. The Mexican leader has been adamant that foreign officials can only operate on Mexican soil if given prior clearance at the... BBC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375897/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:04:28 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375895/posts Maryland police are looking for a woman who allegedly shot a gas station convenience store worker during an attempted robbery over the weekend. Surveillance footage inside the store shows the woman calmly walking up to the counter at a Shell station in Columbia around 7:43 p.m. on April 17 and producing a silver revolver from her purse, which she aims at the clerk off-screen while appearing to order the employee to open the cash register. New York Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375895/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:49:34 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375894/posts A federal appeals court on Tuesday lifted a judge’s order requiring officials to dismantle “Alligator Alcatraz” in response to a lawsuit filed by environmental groups. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit agreed with the Trump administration in a 2-1 vote that there wasn’t enough federal control over the immigration facility’s construction in Florida to trigger a federal environmental review. “Federal officials made no construction decision capable of triggering the Act,” wrote U.S. Circuit Judge William Pryor. Florida constructed the detention facility last year to assist with immigration enforcement. Located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375894/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:30:42 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375893/posts The European Commission said the anti-LGBTQ law would be one of the issues it would be taking up with the new government once it was in place. "It's up to the... Hungarian government to abide by the ruling and once that is done the issue is solved," said spokeswoman Paula Pinho. The man whose Tisza party defeated Orbán on 12 April, Péter Magyar, has not said much about the laws related to Hungary's LGBTQ community. However, in his victory speech, he spelt out his vision for Hungary as a country "where no-one is stigmatised for thinking differently than the majority,... bbc https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375893/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:27:54 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375892/posts President Trump has told confidants that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is "begging" for a job in Trump's administration — including attorney general — Axios has learned. •DeSantis also has expressed interest in being secretary of defense and even a spot on the U.S. Supreme Court, according to six sources briefed on the discussions. Axios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375892/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:15:25 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375891/posts Bill Wells, the Republican mayor of El Cajon, blasted the San Diego County Board of Supervisors ahead of a key vote Tuesday on whether to formalize a partnership with the Mexican Consulate. “Our County government, the one you pay for, wants to team up with a foreign consulate to help people stay here who broke federal law to get here. Not legal immigrants. Not citizens who are struggling. People who entered illegally,” he wrote on X Monday. “This isn’t compassion. It’s a county government picking a fight with the feds, on your dime, alongside another country,” he added. The proposal... NY Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375891/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:03:59 GMT