https://freerepublic.com/tag/news-forum/ en-us Sun, 14 Jun 2026 22:52:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383773/posts With a smartphone strapped to her head, Indian housewife Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films herself slicing mangoes to train artificial intelligence-powered robots to take on household tasks in the future. Al Jazeera https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383773/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 22:52:03 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383771/posts US President Donald Trump has confirmed Pakistan's report that the US and Iran have reached a deal. "The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete," he writes on Truth Social. "I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade," he says. "Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!" Pakistan PM's statement in fullpublished Here is the full statement from Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who has just announced that a peace deal between US and Iran... BBC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383771/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:51:05 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383770/posts The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all! I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade. Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow! President DONALD J. TRUMP Truth Social https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383770/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:42:27 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383767/posts A unhinged raisin heir who has been caught hurling racist and antisemitic insults at Jewish neighbors from his multimillion-dollar Pacific Palisades property has been arrested for making terror threats. The California Post obtained several videos of Lion Raisins scion Bruce Lion allegedly harassing neighbor Rabbi Zushe Cunin from the balcony of his $5.3 million mansion, screaming nonsensical grievances he has with the Jewish faith or with the religious leader himself. New York Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383767/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:18:14 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383765/posts Israeli officials were left “stunned” by US President Donald Trump’s public criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s decision to strike Hezbollah targets in Beirut. They are increasingly concerned that a prospective US-Iran agreement could sharply restrict Israel’s military freedom of action in Lebanon, Channel 12 reports. A senior Israeli official close to Netanyahu tells the Hebrew network that officials in Jerusalem were taken aback by Trump’s remarks, which included accusing the premier of having “no fucking judgement,” saying: “Trump’s statement is a resounding slap in the face. The restrictions [on Israel] have been taken to another level. The... Times of Israel https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383765/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:41:13 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383762/posts On Sunday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) took to X to announce that a senior Hezbollah commander, one Ali Mussa Daqduq, has had his birth certificate permanently revoked. The planet is now a safer, cleaner place without this guy walking around. The post reads: ELIMINATED: Ali Musa Daqduq, a senior Hezbollah commander who held a series of 5 senior positions within Hezbollah. Daqduq played a central role in advancing terrorist attacks and combat operations against Israel and IDF soldiers. In 2007, he orchestrated the kidnapping and murder of 5 American soldiers. Red State https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383762/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:18:44 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383759/posts A few Dumocrats are against FISA, with or without Bill Pulte going to DNI, as Acting. What kind of a deal is that. Besides, I’m against FISA if it doesn’t come with The Save America Act (Full version!) firmly attached to it. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP Truth Social via CFP https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383759/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:12:35 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383758/posts Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell was admitted to a hospital Sunday, his spokesperson said, but there was no immediate information about why he was there or his prognosis. McConnell, 84, was the longest serving Senate leader in history before stepping aside from that role while finishing his final term, which ends in January. “Senator McConnell was admitted to the hospital this morning. He is receiving excellent care,” spokesperson David Popp said in a statement without elaboration. It was not immediately clear whether the Kentucky lawmaker was in Washington, his home state or elsewhere. McConnell’s health has been a subject of scrutiny... AP https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383758/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:01:52 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383757/posts Well done, California Democrats. We weren’t sure you could do it, but you came through. In just one primary election you managed to pull off a rare trifecta of political infamy for the Golden State: the embarrassment of a vote-counting system that takes so long it would have looked obsolete in colonial Virginia; the shame of an election process that invites deep suspicion about the integrity of the democratic order at a time of historically low public trust; and the misery of an outcome that just about guarantees the same misrule by the same people responsible for the dysfunction and... New York Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383757/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:55:47 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383756/posts Spencer Pratt has claimed he is “teaming up” with Karen Bass’s brother after they both launched lawsuits against the city she runs over the fire that burnt their homes down. The former reality TV star, who lost his bid to become the next LA mayor last week, slammed her “reckless negligence” that he claims allowed to Palisades Fires to rage. “I’m proud to be teaming up with Karen Bass’s brother in suing his sister for her reckless negligence that led to the destruction of our homes,” Pratt wrote on X Sunday while resharing an ABC7 segment. “I hope their Thanksgiving... New York Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383756/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:49:37 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383755/posts Kamala Harris remains the clear favorite among Democratic voters eyeing the 2028 presidential race, according to a new national survey. The latest Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll found the former vice president backed by 27% of left-leaning voters, nearly doubling the support of her nearest rival, fellow California native governor Gavin Newsom, who came in second at 14%. While Harris maintains a sizable advantage, the poll suggests her grip on the party’s electorate may be loosening somewhat. Her support has slipped from 33% in October and 31% in March to 27% in the latest survey. Newsom has also trended downward,... New York Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383755/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:47:15 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383753/posts An influx of out-of-state agitators — some hailing from elite backgrounds — were arrested in Newark during the chaotic standoff with law enforcement outside the Delaney Hall migrant detention center, The Post has learned. Out of the at least 12 anti-ICE rioters arrested last weekend for assaulting federal agents or smashing cars, four came from as far as Washington State, Colorado, Arizona and Illinois to wreak havoc on the Garden State, according to information from the Newark Police Department and arrest sheets reviewed by The Post. Another was from Connecticut and five from New York — most of them recent... NY Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383753/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:29:34 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383751/posts Leo XIV's New Archbishop in Addis Ababa: Synodality, Islam Dialogue, Universal FraternityOn June 12, Leo XIV has appointed Monsignor Abune Tesfaye as the Archbishop of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.His precedessor, Cardinal Souraphiel, has led the Archeparchy of Addis Ababa since 1999.Entire Formation about Islam-DialogueMonsignor Tesfaye is a member of the Comboni Missionaries. He was born in 1969 in Harar, one of Ethiopia's historic centers of Islam.Virtually his entire formation points in the direction of Islam-dialogue.He was sent after ordination to study Arabic in Cairo, served as a missionary in Sudan, and later earned a licentiate from the Pontifical Institute for Arabic... Gloria TV https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383751/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:48:54 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383748/posts Subtraction, not addition, is emerging as the central threat to Republicans in the 2026 election. The subtraction risk for Republicans is the prospect that President Donald Trump’s slipping approval rating among his 2024 voters will cause meaningful components of the coalition that elected him to sit out November’s midterms. Polls suggest that’s a greater danger for the GOP than the possibility that Democrats will add a big cache of new votes — either by turning out many people who did not participate in 2024, or by convincing a significant share of 2024 Trump supporters to vote blue. CNN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383748/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:44:12 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383746/posts President Trump early on Sunday endorsed Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) over former college football coach Derek Dooley in Tuesday’s Georgia GOP Senate runoff. “Mike is strongly supported by the most Highly Respected MAGA Patriots in Georgia and beyond, and many Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate — He is a WARRIOR and WINNER!” Trump wrote in a lengthy post on Truth Social, earlier referring to Collins as “‘MAGA’ Mike Collins.” The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383746/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:39:27 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383743/posts A pilot and 11 skydivers died after a private plane crashed in Butler, Missouri on Sunday morning. The aircraft crashed just after takeoff at 11.30am, a spokesperson with Bates County Emergency Management told Fox4. The plane took off from Butler Memorial Airport when it turned back for an unknown reason before crashing near Business 49 Highway. A source told the outlet that 11 victims were skydivers, and the other victim was the pilot. All passengers on the aircraft died. First responders and Missouri State Highway patrol are on the scene of the crash, and are scanning the area to see... UK Daily Mail https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383743/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:15:54 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383738/posts Graham Platner’s victory in Maine’s Democratic Senate primary was a personal triumph for the 41-year-old Marine veteran and campaign novice. His win also forces us to look at the last decade of U.S. history from a different perspective. Americans think of the years since 2015 as the Trump Era. Politics, entertainment, foreign policy, education and even sports have been defined in relation to President Trump and the MAGA movement. Tell me where you stand on Mr. Trump, and I’ll have a pretty good idea of your views on a variety of questions, from trans rights and tax cuts to national... The Wall Street Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383738/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:11:06 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383737/posts Iran has agreed not to build a nuclear weapon and to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, in return the US will release some $25 billion in frozen assets as part of a President Trump-brokered peace deal, according to details released by Tehran on Sunday.Washington and Tehran are expected to electronically sign a memorandum of understanding on Sunday following a virtual meeting, which will set the table for negotiations over a longer-term deal on Iran’s nuclear program, Axios reported. On Saturday, US President Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said a deal would be signed on Sunday and would... The New York Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383737/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:09:17 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383735/posts US President Donald Trump knocks Israel for attacking Beirut today and says the IDF should not carry out any more attacks on any part of Lebanon moving forward. “This morning’s attack on Beirut should not have happened, particularly on a special day when we are so close to a peace deal with Iran,” Trump writes on Truth Social, stopping short of definitively declaring that an memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran will actually be signed today. “Israel has the right to defend itself against threats, but the attack it was responding to was very small and meaningless, nobody... Times of Israel https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383735/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:03:08 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383733/posts Newark cops were ordered to steer clear of Delaney Hall even after violent weekend clashes rocked the detention facility, an internal police memo obtained by The Post revealed.The June 8 memo illustrates the jurisdictional mess at the now infamous detainee facility, which has become the center of angry protests with police arresting people from around the country and chilling footage showing instigators slamming the vehicles of Delaney Hall workers.“No officers are to handle any call for service pertaining to Delaney Hall located at 451 Doremus Ave.,” according to the Newark PD 3rd Precinct Memorandum, under the subject heading “Delaney Hall... NY Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383733/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:59:57 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383730/posts U.S. President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday that ending the ​conflict in Ukraine was vital and he was ‌ready to help, Russian news agencies quoted Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov as saying. "As regards the Ukrainian conflict, Donald Trump again emphasised ​that a cessation of hostilities was vital," Ushakov ​was quoted as telling journalists. "The situation around the memorandum ​between the U.S. and Iran was discussed," ​Ushakov ⁠was quoted as saying. "Donald Trump said an agreement was close and he expects that the results of the difficult ⁠but ​ultimately successful negotiations can be made ​public."... Reuters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383730/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:44:54 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383727/posts Iran’s decision to launch ballistic missiles at Israel after months of ceasefire was not only a military message but also an attempt to demonstrate the new balance of power in Tehran. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, the driving force behind the decision was Revolutionary Guards commander Ahmad Vahidi, who has emerged in recent months as a key figure within the Iranian regime. Vahidi prevailed over more moderate voices in Tehran who opposed the strike out of concern that it could damage contacts with the United States and jeopardize the possibility of an agreement. He persuaded Iran’s... Arutz Sheva https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383727/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:17:45 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383716/posts Royal Marine Commandos have boarded a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the English Channel in the early hours of Sunday morning. Marines, joined by National Crime Agency officers, with the support of the RAF, intercepted and boarded the vessel in a six-hour operation - the first operation of its kind by UK armed forces. The vessel, Smyrtos, will be held and monitored off the south coast of England as investigations continue, the MoD said. Sir Keir Starmer said: "This successful operation delivers yet another blow to Russia and reminds those fuelling Putin's war in Ukraine that we will not... BBC News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383716/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:59:57 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383712/posts President Trump publicly dinged Israel for striking near Beirut as the US and Iran prepared to sign a peace deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. “This morning’s attack on Beirut should not have happened, particularly on a special day when we are so close to a Peace Deal with Iran,” Trump posted on Truth Social. ” Israel has the right to defend itself against threats, but the attack it was responding to was very small and meaningless.” “We are very close to a Deal that will bring peace to the region, including to Lebanon, and all sides should... NY Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383712/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:22:32 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383711/posts Voters in Switzerland have cast their final ballots on Sunday on an initiative championed by the top right-wing party to cap the rich Alpine country’s population at 10 million. Early results showed Swiss voters were leaning against it. The populist Swiss People’s Party, which has the most seats in parliament, has stirred up and fostered anti-migration sentiment over the years, notably about an influx of workers from the neighboring European Union. Some have dubbed the proposal a “Swiss Brexit” because it could jeopardize Switzerland’s deep ties to the European Union anchored by deals that foster economic growth, cultural ties and... AP News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383711/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:18:47 GMT