https://freerepublic.com/tag/news-forum/ en-us Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:22:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383181/posts Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California on Tuesday raised the stakes of the midterm elections and the landscape for 2028 by issuing an implied threat of incarceration to President Donald Trump. “Trump says voter fraud should land people in prison,” Newsom wrote on the social media platform X. “Agreed,” the governor added. “And let’s start with the politicians spreading election lies with the goal of illegally interfering with counting ballots.” The Western Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383181/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:22:11 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383177/posts The U.S. Department of War further amended its recently revised list of recognized religious affiliations Monday after several Mormon members of Congress expressed outrage that Mormonism was initially listed as separate from other Christian denominations. "Last week, a proposed list of simplified faith codes was released to the media. The Pentagon list included redundant and unnecessary labeling, and the mistake has been fixed," the Department of War said in statement that was forwarded to The Christian Post."The goal of this effort is to simplify a previously out-of-control 'belief' coding system that had ballooned to over 200 codes. In order to... The Christian Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383177/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:10:34 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383173/posts A World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States was received by a crowd of supporters and officials Wednesday as he arrived home in the capital of Mogadishu, where he said he plans to be at the next World Cup and urged Somali youth to be proud of their country. Omar Artan was set to be the first referee from Somalia to officiate at a World Cup after making FIFA’s final list for the tournament. He is one of Africa’s top referees and was named the continent’s best male referee in 2025. He was denied... AP https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383173/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:45:16 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383172/posts Worshippers at Glasgow’s largest mosque were locked in as tensions flared following a stabbing in Northern Ireland, with police saying people were “attacked because of the colour of their skin”. Three men, one aged 31 and the others aged 18, were arrested on Wednesday in Scotland’s largest city following the unrest, in which three members of the public and two police officers were hurt, Police Scotland said. Protesters took to the streets in several parts of Scotland, including Glasgow city centre, with some of those involved invoking the memory of murdered 18-year-old Henry Nowak, with one banner saying “white lives... The Standard https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383172/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:40:54 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383170/posts State election officials could soon face a stark choice: Hand over voter lists to the Trump administration or risk losing Postal Service delivery for mail-in ballots. That dilemma stems from newly proposed USPS rules that seek to comply with an executive order President Donald Trump signed this spring to crack down on mail-in voting. If courts let the order stand, it would give the federal government an unprecedented role in elections — and could put even more voter data in the hands of Trump officials searching for supposed election fraud. The proposed rules lay out new conditions that states would... CNN via MSN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383170/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:25:29 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383167/posts A key conviction tied to the plot to abduct Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer just got tossed by a state appeals court. A three-judge panel on Tuesday vacated the domestic terrorism-related convictions of Joseph Morrison, ruling that jurors in his case were misinstructed and that prosecutors leaned on a misreading of Michigan's antiterrorism law, per the New York Times. Morrison, linked by prosecutors to the Wolverine Watchmen militia and sentenced to four to 20 years behind bars, was found guilty of providing material support for an act of terrorism and illegal gang membership. The court said the state wrongly used kidnapping... Newser https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383167/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:55:28 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383166/posts The Prime Minister has clashed with Reform UK’s deputy leader over the violent protests in Northern Ireland. In a fiery Prime Minister’s Questions, Sir Keir Starmer accused Richard Tice and his party of trying to “whip up fear and division”. People have been forced to flee their homes amid a night of disorder in Belfast following a knife attack on Monday. Hadi Alodid, a 30-year-old Sudanese man, has been charged with attempted murder and appeared in court on Wednesday. Mr Tice told the Commons: “We all condemn, of course, the appalling violence in Belfast last night after the horrific attack... The Standard https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383166/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:53:34 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383164/posts Tommy Robinson has travelled to Russia, where he has met Elon Musk’s father, Errol, in a Moscow hotel. Robinson – who has been issuing calls for his supporters to take to the streets across the UK over a bloody knife attack in Belfast – shared video of his meeting with Musk, whose son has been a vocal supporter of Robinson, on Monday. Musk was in St Petersburg last week at the annual Kremlin-backed economic forum, described as Russia’s answer to Davos. Contacted by the Guardian and asked why he had travelled to Moscow, Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon,... The Guardian https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383164/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:42:34 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383160/posts Inflation surged in May to the highest level since early 2023, as Iran war-related fuel costs worked their way through the broader economy. NBC News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383160/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:24:06 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383159/posts WASHINGTON (CN) — The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel released an opinion Tuesday concluding the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s guidelines prohibiting policies that unintentionally harm minority groups, known as disparate impact liability, are unconstitutional. The Office of Legal Counsel issued the opinion in response to the Supreme Court’s June 2 decision in Allen v. Milligan. There, the justices blocked a lower court order prohibiting the use of Alabama’s 2023 electoral maps after finding the court failed to consider if Republican lawmakers were acting with good faith when leaving Black voters in the minority in all but one congressional... Courthouse News Service https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383159/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:13:12 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383158/posts US President Donald Trump said the United States may begin striking Iran's power plants and bridges due to the Islamic regime “tapping the United States along” in talks, according to an interview with Fox News's Trey Yingst on Wednesday. "I may keep going," Trump told Fox. "They had a chance to sign a deal and survive." He added that little progress has been made in negotiations between the two countries. Earlier on Wednesday, Trump implied that he would take action against Iran for taking too long on a peace deal. "The Bully of the Middle East is DEAD!!!" wrote Trump... The Jerusalem Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383158/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:57:11 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383157/posts Between the Islamists and the Throuples, they don't have a choice. Considering the ‘throuples’ on the pronoun people side of the axis and the Islamists on the other side of their base, they don’t really have much choice, do they? Gallup had a breakdown of a slight conservative shift on some moral issues that pollsters had been noticing over the last 5 years or so. People are suddenly less fond of gambling, having babies out of wedlock and teenagers having sex. The differences in percentage points aren’t huge, but they reflect what I had long suspected that we were due... FrontPage Magazine https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383157/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:53:41 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383149/posts Donald Trump has been booed at a basketball match in New York as he became the first sitting US president to attend the NBA Finals. The catcalls came after frustrated ticketholders waited for hours in queues that stretched more than two blocks outside Madison Square Garden on Monday due to the intense security restrictions that came with the US president's appearance. The New York Knicks lost 111-115 to the San Antonio Spurs in game three of the best-of-seven NBA finals, cutting the Knicks' lead in the series to 2-1. After the game, Trump told reporters: "It was, I think, mostly... BBC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383149/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:00:21 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383146/posts US President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned that Iran will need to "pay the price" for dragging out negotiations on a nuclear deal that would end the war. "Iran’s Military is a complete and total mess," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. "Much of it, like their Navy and Air Force, doesn’t even exist anymore - They have been completely defeated. Iran is all talk and no action. The Bully of the Middle East is DEAD!!!" He added, "They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay... Israel National News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383146/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:32:16 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383142/posts KAN Israel News, citing an Iranian-linked news network, reports that $3 billion was transferred from Abu Dhabi to Tehran aboard a private Boeing 737. According to the report, Iran agreed to halt direct attacks on Israel after receiving a U.S. message, delivered through Qatar, in from further strikes in Lebanon. The funds were reportedly flown to Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport aboard UAE Royal Jet aircraft A6-RJF, which was tracked traveling from Abu Dhabi to Iran. At this stage, the flight itself was genuine (it happened during Irans airspace closure) and the presence of a UAE delegation in Tehran has been reported... Open Source Intel https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383142/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:10:32 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383135/posts Spencer Pratt’s LA mayoral bid surged on Election Day, only to be reversed as California’s entrenched political machine reshaped the final count after the vote. Bill de Blasio appeared on NewsNation on June 2 and was asked to comment on Spencer Pratt’s campaign. De Blasio smugly described Pratt’s ads as “inappropriate” and wondered, “Who is behind them?” If de Blasio hadn’t actively participated in the decline of New York City during his disastrous eight years as its mayor, his arrogance might just be dismissed as unwarranted and clueless. But de Blasio is part of a machine that profits from urban... American Greatness https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383135/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:47:29 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383133/posts An [terrorist]-linked gang who stabbed and battered a British couple to death then threw their bodies to crocodiles have been found guilty of their murder. World renowned botanists Rod Saunders, 74, and wife Rachel, 63, were ambushed in South Africa whilst out searching for rare gladioli flowers in remote mountains. The devoted couple who were married for over 30 years and lived in Cape Town met a bad end whilst setting up camp beside a forest dam in a national park. A court heard how they were viciously tortured for Rachel's gold credit card PIN number and bank account details... Daily Mail via MSN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383133/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:11:22 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383129/posts Johannesburg — Multiple attackers killed 12 people and wounded at least nine in a late-night mass shooting in Johannesburg, police said Wednesday, the latest in such attacks that have shaken the South African city. Police said they believe more than 10 suspects were dropped off in a minibus in an informal settlement in the Cleveland suburb of Johannesburg late Tuesday night and started shooting. The attackers "moved through the area, opening fire on residents and community members at multiple locations before fleeing the scene in the same vehicle," police said in a statement. The victims were nine men and three... CBS https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383129/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:18:05 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383125/posts Summary Houses, cars, and a bus were set on fire in Belfast last night in a night of violence that followed a knife attack on Monday One pastor in north Belfast says black people's homes were targeted, while an MP tells the BBC there was a "race-based pogrom" On one street, hundreds of masked men carrying bottles and bricks set bins on fire and shouted "foreigners out", our reporter says Northern Ireland's First Minister Michelle O'Neill says "groups of masked men" were "burning families out of their homes" The fire service says it was called to 62 incidents last night,... BBC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383125/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:55:55 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383124/posts An official United Nations report published on Tuesday details how Hamas terrorists and domestic police forces in the Gaza Strip subjected dozens of locals to public executions, severe beatings, and physical mutilation during the conflict with Israel, classifying the actions as war crimes, reports The Associated Press. The findings, compiled by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, cataloged hundreds of instances of extrajudicial enforcement across the territory. The report noted that these acts were frequently recorded and broadcast to terrify the local population intentionally. “These cases involved executions, kneecapping, bone-breaking with metal pipes or cement bricks... Arutz Sheva https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383124/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:35:11 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383119/posts A series of shocking videos show homeless residents on Los Angeles’ Skid Row claiming they were paid to vote for Mayor Karen Bass and councilwoman Nithya Raman. The California Post obtained copies of the videos after they were published Tuesday on the TikTok account LaneNeedsSpencerPratt. The footage, recorded near 7th Street and Flower Street in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday morning, has since been provided to the Department of Justice. It also follows The Post’s revelations that thousands of homeless voters were registered to shelters where they didn’t live. One shelter in Venice, where 185 Raman voters were registered, received... New York Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383119/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:20:40 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383115/posts "We're shocked and disgusted at the treatment of World Cup teams and officials by this administration over the last few days,” said Muhammad Sankari, with the Arab AmericanImmigrants' rights activists gathered Tuesday and accused the Trump administration of unfairly targeting athletes, staff and officials from several counties as they enter the U.S. for the FIFA World Cup 2026, including at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. At a press conference led by the Arab American Action Network, activists put a spotlight on problems that World Cup players and staff have experienced in the days leading up to the massive event that is set... NBC Chicago https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383115/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:42:48 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383113/posts DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military launched airstrikes and Iran retaliated Wednesday following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic.Iran launched attacks in Bahrain and Kuwait, which both sounded alerts and fired air defenses in response. Iran also said it targeted an air base in Jordan hosting U.S. forces, which was not immediately acknowledged either by American or Jordanian officials. Associated Press via Yahoo https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383113/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:26:36 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383111/posts Multiple Iranian ballistic missile interceptions, ground level explosion seen in Manama, Bahrain minutes ago. pic.twitter.com/gSkNJMf3dq— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) June 10, 2026 Twitter / X / https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383111/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:24:32 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383110/posts A Louisiana influencer has gone viral for his mugshot after he was arrested for allegedly stealing from an oil change business where he used to work. https://www.msn.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383110/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:23:04 GMT