https://freerepublic.com/tag/news-forum/ en-us Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:50:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396968/posts Concert Information and Ticket Reservations (tickets are free) CELEBRATING AMERICA ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST: HOMETOWN FAVORITES Marine Band https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396968/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:50:26 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396966/posts "US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is quietly removing some of the recruits it hired during last year’s rapid expansion, raising fresh questions about a hiring campaign that brought thousands of new employees into the agency — and about what happens to the generous incentives offered to attract them. An investigation by The Washington Post found that ICE has begun firing some employees recruited during the push to expand its immigration enforcement workforce. The campaign was launched to provide additional manpower for the Trump administration’s mass-deportation programme. The rapid recruitment drive was backed by unusually large financial incentives. What happens to... Times Now https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396966/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:35:34 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396962/posts Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman cast the deciding vote for a resolution that would've directed President Donald Trump to withdraw armed forces from Iran. Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote against the War Powers Resolution on Thursday. The resolution was rejected by a 49-50 vote. Republican Sen. Dave McCormick also voted against the resolution Thursday. Fetterman has publicly supported the war in Iran from the get-go, but an increasing number of Republicans have opposed it. On Thursday, three Senate Republicans voted in support of the resolution. If the resolution passed, it would require Trump to receive congressional approval before continuing... CBS 21 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396962/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:59:57 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396960/posts The young lawyer shamed by a Texas judge for wearing a sleeveless dress was stunned to discover the same jurist beaming beside another young lawyer in a similar dress — and now she’s questioning whether race had something to do with the scolding.Bexar County Judge Yolanda Huff, who is black,admonished Mariah Medina, who is Mexican-American, for wearing the sheath dress during a Monday court appearance.But Medina, 32, this week provided The Post photos the 61-year-old judge shared on Facebook in April showing Huff beaming alongside a bare-armed blackattorney at a swearing-in ceremony. Evidently it wasn’t the dress,” quipped Medina. “I... The New York Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396960/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:29:49 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396959/posts The number of non-citizens engaged in the U.S. banking system has fallen sharply amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal migrants. Immigrants have been closing bank accounts and going back to keep cash in their homes, according to a report by Bloomberg. Migrants are also taking out fewer loans, the news organization added. Consumer loans to illegal aliens fell by 70 percent since 2024. And lenders are beginning to shy away from entering into such deals to begin with. Breitbart https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396959/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:22:48 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396958/posts Recent historic election victories appear to be putting wind in the sails of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which continues to widen its lead over the establishment and expand its support base. After two major first-place finishes this month in the local elections in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the anti-mass migration AfD has seen its lead over the supposedly centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of Chancellor Friedrich Merz grow to its largest in history. According to the first national survey after Sunday’s elections, the AfD has seen its support rise to 29.5 per cent, a record high recorded by... Breitbart https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396958/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:22:08 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396957/posts The U.S. and China agreed to lower tariffs on $30 billion worth of goods each country imports from the other and launch new talks on artificial intelligence (AI) following President Trump’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The agreements were part of an eight-point consensus reached during Xi’s three-day state visit to Washington, D.C., which ended Friday. Under the trade agreement, the two countries will reduce tariffs on products considered “noncritical,” including agricultural and energy-related goods. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said earlier this week that he and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer had been in New York discussing lowering those... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396957/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:13:15 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396956/posts A dangerous trend is unfolding in America: please do not let what happened in my home country happen here. Many people refuse to see the gradual creep of Islamist ideology into nearly every sector of American society: media, politics, community organizing, education, and public discourse. These are what the stages of an Islamic revolution look like. It advances quietly and methodically -- an ideology that prioritizes its religious doctrine over national identity, Sharia constitutions over non-Islamic ones that are made by made by man, not by Allah. If voters continue supporting and electing them [Muslims], they will soon transform this... The Gatestone Institute https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396956/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2026 14:45:33 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396955/posts Ada County Sheriff identifies man found dead in Boise church in 1982, possibly linked to the Tylenol cyanide poisonings in the 1980s. The following is the YT transcription. It might be better just to watch all 10 minutes of the news cast. Idaho News TV 6 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396955/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2026 14:02:56 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396954/posts NEW YORK CITY - A powerful, intensifying nor'easter is pounding the Northeast this weekend, putting over 40 million Americans in its path and prompting states of emergency across the region. A powerful weather system is bringing heavy rainfall, damaging winds, and widespread coastal flooding across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Officials advise residents to stay off the roads and remain indoors if possible. With the storm forecast to stall just off the coast of Long Island, persistent onshore winds, heavy rain bands, and exceptionally high tides are combining to threaten widespread coastal inundation, dangerous surf, and severe beach erosion... Fox 5 NY https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396954/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2026 14:01:43 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396936/posts An abiding mystery of this lunatic Fourth Turning is how it came to be that the supposed intellectual elite of America was the class that so shamelessly lost its collective mind, got behind ideas that ranged from absurd to disgraceful — “Defund the Police,” “boys in the girl’s locker room,” “voter ID is unfair,” “dismantle capitalism,” “no one is illegal,” “mostly peaceful riots,” “Covid vaccine mandates” “CIA-run censorship,” — and finally decided to march under the banner of communism, history’s most floridly ruinous political program.The answer is that intellectuals are in the employ of the racketeering operation that is Washington’s... Kuntsler.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396936/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:12:27 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396932/posts A federal grant rejected by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration that would have funded shelter for homeless veterans in New York City included clauses prohibiting the promotion of “gender ideology” and “denial of the sex binary,” which city officials say is why they pulled out of the longstanding program, The City Reporter has learned. City officials said Friday they exited the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Grant and Per Diem program because the grant required them to comply with two of President Donald Trump’s executive orders they feared would have forced them to discriminate against transgender veterans seeking shelter. City officials... The City Reporter https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396932/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:13:45 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396929/posts Gavin Newsom finally admits closing beaches during COVID was “insane,” and Bill Maher says he should have figured that out WHEN IT MATTERED! He adds Newsom's COVID rules were the exact OPPOSITE of what should have been done. Closing beaches was just the start: • Banned singing at church • Banned indoor church services until the Supreme Court stepped in • Shut down Bible studies in private homes until the Supreme Court blocked it • Rammed through the country's first COVID vaccine mandates for kids • Told diners to keep their masks on “in between bites” • Signed a law... X https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396929/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2026 02:57:00 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396928/posts As the first gunshot pierced the sound of crashing waves and children’s laughter, Rabbi Leibel Lazaroff instinctively hit the ground. Having grown up in Texas and trained to carry a firearm in his home state, he knew the noise of gunfire well. But the 21-year-old American couldn’t fathom that a shooting was unfolding here in Australia, a nation globally renowned for its strict gun laws. It would be another five to 10 seconds before many others at the Bondi Beach Chanukah by the Sea celebration realised that the loud bangs echoing across the waterfront of the country’s most iconic beach... news.com.au https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396928/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2026 02:35:33 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396924/posts A key GOP super PAC reportedly has removed $6.5 million in ad reservations from North Carolina's Senate race for the month of October with Republican candidate Michael Whatley trailing former Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper in polls. The GOP-aligned Old North Action pulled the reservations as Republicans assess their spending in the closely watched contest for the seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, Semafor reported Monday, citing media tracker AdImpact. The group still has $14.5 million in advertising reserved through Election Day. The Senate Leadership Fund, the leading Republican Senate super PAC, also adjusted its North Carolina spending,... Newsmax https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396924/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2026 01:02:18 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396923/posts ***** Tunes For Our Troops ~ Airplanes ~ *****~ Support The Artists You Hear Throughout The Canteen ! ~ ***** Warning: Not all music may be appropriate for children! Please click with caution. Thank you! Tunes For Our Troops This music is provided for the entertainment of our Troops, Veterans, Allies & their families! Enjoy the variety of musical selections that the Canteen DJs provide throughout the thread. Please ping any DJ with your requests for the Troops! All music is removed on Monday.Thanks to all the DJs for their time & effort providing entertainment for the Troops! *Canteen... Our Troops Rock! https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396923/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2026 01:01:00 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396919/posts Of all the outside advisers urging President Trump to seize control of federal elections this fall, the attorney Peter Ticktin can claim the deepest ties; the two men went to military school together as teenagers. In 2022, Ticktin helped Trump sue Hillary Clinton. This year, he pushed Trump to secure a pardon for Tina Peters, a former Colorado clerk convicted of charges related to tampering with election equipment. The Atlantic https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396919/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:12:17 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396910/posts Prime Minister Andy Burham has said his government will be "relentless" in working towards stopping small boat crossings completely, but he would not set a date on when that could be achieved. In an interview with BBC South East, just days after two migrant vessels reached the Kent coast unintercepted, he backed Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's call for a review into the landings, saying he wanted "urgent answers". Burnham said there would be "no complacency" in the crackdown on the people smuggling gangs behind the operation. "We will not stop until we bear down on every element of this criminal... BBC News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396910/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:04:01 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396908/posts France will send troops and defense systems to Saudi Arabia to help protect the Red Sea port city of Yanbu, which is key for energy transport, French President Emmanuel Macron has said in a TV interview. He also denied a report by Spanish newspaper El Mundo that the US Central Intelligence Agency had warned European governments of possible Russian drone attacks from the Mediterranean. RFI News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396908/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:29:17 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396895/posts SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The NFL fined San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk $14,926 on Thursday for "engaging in offensive demonstrations." According to the league, Juszczyk violated Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1, when he did an "imitation of chugging a beer" with just under eight minutes left in the third quarter of the Niners' win against the Miami Dolphins. Juszczyk immediately pushed back against the fine on social media before holding a brief, three-minute media session at his locker following practice Thursday. Before that began, Juszczyk took the time to place a jug labeled in big letters "Not Beer"... ESPN.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396895/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:44:17 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396893/posts President Donald Trump wants to let states use a federal database that includes voters’ personal information to check for noncitizens on voter rolls. The Trump administration can use a wide-ranging government database that includes Social Security information to help state officials identify noncitizens on their voter lists, the Supreme Court said on Friday. The emergency ruling means the database will be accessible ahead of November’s midterm elections for states that want to use it. But the fight over the procedure’s legality will continue in the lower courts. In an unsigned opinion, the majority said the claims made by the voters... The Washington Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396893/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:59:58 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396891/posts A military chorus entertained President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping with a medley from “Les Misérables” during Thursday night’s White House state dinner — despite one of the selections being restricted in China for encouraging dissent. As Trump and the Chinese “president for life” dined with assorted oligarchs, a military band marched into the East Room playing “Do You Hear the People Sing?”, in which discontented Parisians anticipate an attempt to overthrow their repressive government. China censored online distribution of the tune after pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong adopted it as an anthem during anti-Beijing protests in 2019. QQ... NY Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396891/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:51:55 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396886/posts AI-driven growth looks resistant to higher borrowing costs, spooking Treasury investorsThe U.S. economy keeps powering through inflation, tariffs and higher borrowing costs, defying a run-up in Treasury yields and a Fed rate increase. That has the bond market spooked. The usual economic brakes aren’t slowing growth, hiring or an AI investment boom that looks to be unstoppable. To some, AI’s potential returns seem so bright that even steep interest rates won’t slow down tech companies’ investments.The growth outlook helps explain the current predicament in the bond market: The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which plays a critical role in... The Wall Street Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396886/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:41:41 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396884/posts Democratic Michigan Senate hopeful Dr. Abdul El-Sayed danced around pleas from an emotional student Wednesday to condemn the theocratic government of Iran and stand with anti-regime protesters. During a “Students vs. Billionaires” town hall in Ann Arbor, Iman Dashti recounted how his family was oppressed by the Islamic Republic — citing the case of his uncle, who Dashti said suffered 50 lashes before being put to death; and his cousin, who was allegedly detained for not wearing a hijab properly. Dashti then confronted El-Sayed over leaked audio in which the candidate fretted about opining on the death of late Supreme... NY Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396884/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:30:18 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396882/posts An appeals court on Wednesday reinstated an Ohio law requiring people to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote at motor vehicles offices, a win for Republicans seeking to tighten voter requirements nationwide. A panel of three judges on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to block a lower court ruling that had granted a preliminary injunction against the voter ID law in August. The majority argued that the advocacy groups that brought the suit failed to demonstrate that the law would likely prevent people from registering to vote. Red Wine & Blue and Ohio Alliance for... Politico https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396882/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:22:33 GMT