https://freerepublic.com/tag/news-forum/ en-us Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:54:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385011/posts For years, Democrats told you that the border crisis wasn’t real, or that it was real, but it was a good thing. I guess the theory was that having a huge influx of immigrants meant cheap labor, which was great for everyone. It didn’t really work out that way. Not only did it cause all sorts of crime problems, but it also caused a major housing problem. Immigrants were coming into this country really, really, really fast under Joe Biden, and so available housing declined and rents went up.Of course, if you pointed this out, you were accused of peddling... PJ Media https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385011/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:54:38 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385010/posts SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio police confirmed a 17-year-old was arrested after a man was stabbed to death during an early morning altercation at a northwest-side business on Friday. The suspect, identified as Samuel Davis, was taken into custody after a standoff nearby involving a person of interest connected to the case. A 17-year-old is facing a murder charge after San Antonio police say a dispute over a 99-cent tobacco product turned deadly at a Northwest Side convenience store. Officers were called around 1 a.m. Friday to the Classic Mart & 420 Shop in the 4000 block of Medical Drive... KENS https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385010/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:51:11 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385008/posts WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has told senators it needs roughly $80 billion, mostly to cover the cost of the U.S. war against Iran, adding to what is already a sizable military spending boost being sought by President Donald Trump. The White House Office of Management and Budget has yet to make a formal request to Congress. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been making the rounds on Capitol Hill, including Monday evening. A top deputy defense secretary told senators about the Iran funding request last week, according to two people familiar with the situation but not authorized to discuss... AP News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385008/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:49:08 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385006/posts At least two senior Labour MPs are considering launching leadership bids to prevent Andy Burnham becoming prime minister without a formal contest. Former defence minister Al Carns has said he is weighing up whether to run, while Sir Keir Starmer's Chief Secretary, Darren Jones, has also not ruled out a challenge, BBC News understands. Labour MPs increasingly believe Burnham could become prime minister as early as 17 July - the day after nominations for the new leader close - after Sir Keir announced his resignation on Monday. However, a large contingent are uncomfortable with the idea of a leader whose... BBC News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385006/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:44:19 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385005/posts Israel secretly deployed a small contingent of forces to Somaliland earlier this year following its recognition of the breakaway territory, a senior Somali government official revealed to Middle East Eye (MEE) on Monday."According to our intelligence reports, the Israeli military selected Israeli soldiers of African heritage, especially Ethiopians, so as not to draw attention to themselves and to blend in more easily with the local community," the senior Somali official stated.via ReutersThe Somali official said that Israel had deployed a group of 50 soldiers to Somaliland shortly after the recognition and the resumption of the war on Iran in late... The Cradle https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385005/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:43:04 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385004/posts * Iran and Egypt have both criticised the branding of their World Cup group-stage meeting as a "Pride Match" * Egyptian football officials formally lodged objections with FIFA over LGBTQ+ themed activities surrounding the fixture * The June 26 match in Seattle was designated by local organisers as part of Pride Month celebrations Iran and Egypt have expressed opposition to branding of their upcoming World Cup meeting as a "Pride Match," with both football federations raising concerns ahead of the Group G fixture in Seattle. The two nations were drawn together for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after the tournament... Yahoo Sports https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385004/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:17:51 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384994/posts Post See new posts Conversation Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh 🚨 HOLY CRAP! ICE has just arrested an Illinois teacher in a Tren de Aragua TRIPLE M*RDER CASE, MASS SHOOTING Democrats RELEASED HER FROM JAIL She reportedly came in 2021, then overstayed her visa, and ASSISTED the killings 🤯 "She drove 2 gunmen affiliated with TdA...where they allegedly opened fire." She ALSO reportedly helped them FLEE THE SCENE "3 killed, several injured." GET THEM ALL OUT! This is why ICE and DHS need maximum fun. 🇺🇸 Thankfully, the gunmen were DEPORTED. VIDEO AT LINK............ Twitter / X / Eric Daugherty https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384994/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:17:02 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384993/posts ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Picatinny Arsenal, New JerseyThe Picatinny Arsenal is an American military research and manufacturing facility located on 6,400 acres of land in Jefferson and Rockaway Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, encompassing Picatinny Lake and Lake Denmark. The Arsenal is the headquarters of the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center. It is known for developing the Picatinny rail, as well as being the Army's center of expertise for small arms cartridge ammunition.Project Manager Soldier Lethality ensures that Soldiers on the battlefield have overmatch capabilities in individual and crew served weapons.... Serving The Best Troops, Families, And Veterans In The World!! https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384993/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:00:44 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384988/posts The late chairman of the Federal Reserve, who died this morning at 100, believed that ‘gold and economic freedom are inseparable.’… … In the strongest terms, Greenspan condemned those who would redistribute national income through fiscal overspending. He deemed it a scheme for the “hidden” confiscation of wealth. “Gold stands in the way of this insidious process,” he wrote. “It stands as a protector of property rights.” In Greenspan’s view, that explained the “almost hysterical antagonism toward gold” among big government statists.… … Here I am proud and grateful to acknowledge that I was considered by Alan Greenspan to be... NY Sun https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384988/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:39:38 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384986/posts Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) faces accusations of using campaign funds for several lavish expenditures, including Disneyland, Disney World, and the Super Bowl. “Sen. Ruben Gallego repeatedly used campaign cash to fund luxury outings with his wife and to care for his children since launching his campaign for Senate in 2023, including attending the Super Bowl using a joint campaign account with Eric Swalwell,” POLITICO reporter Irie Sentner writes. More from The Daily Beast: The Arizona lawmaker used political action committee funds to pay for trips and more than $18,000 in child care since 2019, Politico reported Sunday. “He just spends... 100 Percent Fed Up https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384986/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:36:12 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384985/posts 🇺🇸🇹🇷 The FBI just caught a $3.7 billion fraudster His name is Ibrahim Khaldoon Hilmi, accused of running one of the biggest Medicare scams ever pulled off, and he'd been ghosting U.S. authorities since May 2025. Turns out you can't stay gone forever. He was tracked down overseas and handed back through a Foreign Transfer of Custody, and now he's on U.S. soil to answer for it. FBI Miami, the Justice Department, and partners in Turkey ran it down, with the White House fraud task force under VP Vance steering the wider push. FBI Director Kash Patel: "any criminal actor... X https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384985/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:35:00 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384984/posts Iran has denied a claim by Vice-President JD Vance that it will allow nuclear inspectors back into the country, after the first round of talks between Washington and Tehran to reach a final deal to end the war. Following negotiations in Switzerland, Vance said discussions with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) could be happening "as soon as today". But Iran's foreign ministry told state media that Tehran had made "no new commitments" on nuclear inspections. It came as the US temporarily waived sanctions, allowing Iran to sell oil in US dollars for the first time in decades. BBC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384984/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:29:02 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384983/posts A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from using a revamped version of an immigration database for checking the accuracy of state voter rolls, dealing a blow to U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost the role of the federal government in elections ahead of the midterm elections in November. Last year, the Department of Homeland Security revamped a system it uses to verify individuals’ citizenship and immigration status to make it easier for state and local officials to use it to make sure voters were U.S. citizens. In a 75-page decision on Monday, U.S. District Judge Sparkle... Daily Signal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384983/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:21:10 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384982/posts Keir Starmer announced on June 22 that he would resign as the U.K. prime minister and Labour Party leader, a step that follows months of mounting internal pressure. The departure is likely to trigger a leadership contest and deepen political uncertainty in one of Ukraine's most vital allies. Andy Burnham, Starmer's Labour Party rival, has been discussed as the likely next prime minister after securing a seat in parliament in last week's by-election. During his resignation speech, Starmer listed "standing with Ukraine" and rebuilding relations with European allies as one of his government's main achievements. "Every decision I've taken has... The Kyiv Independent https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384982/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:16:19 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384979/posts Companies hired by the state to operate the Florida immigration facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz" were notified Monday morning to begin "full demobilization" of the facility, quietly bringing an ignominious close a $1.2 billion experiment that had once been hailed by Governor Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump as a model other states should pursue, four sources familiar with the operations of the detention center told CBS News Miami. "All vendors got the notice," one source explained. Alligator Alcatraz as seen from above. The announcement was made by Kevin Guthrie, Florida's Emergency Management director, during a morning conference call with... CBS News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384979/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:41:05 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384973/posts Bill Pulte has begun firing Deep State intel officials just days into his role as Acting DNI. “The Deep State firings have begun” a source told CNN. It is unclear how many people have been fired. [tweet] Federal housing regulator Bill Pulte showed up to work a day early last Thursday and asked for a list of all employees as he decided whom to fire. According to CNN, Pulte met with lawyers last Thursday evening. Pulte officially began his job as Acting DNI last Friday. Earlier this month, President Trump announced his nomination of US Attorney for the Southern District... The Gateway Pundit https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384973/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:11:26 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384969/posts US President Donald Trump congratulates Abelardo De La Espriella, a nationalist lawyer who has been elected president of Colombia according to a near-complete but not yet official count. Trump adds that he looks forward to working together to build a powerful relationship between the two countries. The US leader had backed De La Espriella, who has also pledged to renew diplomatic ties with Israel and open an embassy in Jerusalem. The Times of Israel https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384969/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:45:20 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384967/posts A Texas judge who was disciplined for declining to officiate same-sex weddings because of her religious beliefs has secured a legal victory, receiving a $10,000 settlement and more than $630,000 in attorneys' fees as similar litigation involving judges across the state continues. First Liberty Institute announced Friday that a Travis County district court awarded the settlement to Judge Dianne Hensley, a Waco-based judge, who was sanctioned by the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct after declining to perform same-sex weddings. The court's ruling, issued June 16, not only awarded Hensley the maximum compensatory damages allowed under the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration... The Christian Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384967/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:03:48 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384966/posts A fugitive accused of helping mastermind a $3.7 billion Medicare fraud scheme — one of the largest in U.S. history — is in American custody after authorities tracked him down in Turkey and flew him back to the U.S. to face charges, the FBI announced Monday. Ibrahim Khaldoon Hilmi was recently detained by Turkish authorities after he fled the U.S. in May 2025, the FBI said. The FBI's Critical Incident Response Group flew out to Turkey and transported Hilmi to the U.S. on Friday through a foreign transfer of custody operation. FBI Director Kash Patel hailed the operation as a... Fox News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384966/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:52:16 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384964/posts California Democrats have gone full crazy. Never go full crazy. Most residents of the state are Democrats because sane people have fled to red states, or are trying to figure out how they can flee and how soon. It’s often said California leads the nation in bold, new trends, and they’re certainly ahead in Democrat lunacy. Assembly Bill 1967 is moving through the California Legislature. It would allow children of any age to initiate state dependency proceedings against their own parents. Divorce their parents. American Thinker https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384964/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:38:10 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384962/posts The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose case shocked New York City and changed the way parents watched over their kids. The justices, by a 6-3 vote, granted an appeal from New York prosecutors who had urged them to undo a federal appeals court decision that overturned the verdict. The three liberal justices dissented. Prosecutors had been preparing to try the man, Pedro Hernandez, for a third time. His first trial ended in a mistrial. The unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed... CBS News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384962/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:25:07 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384957/posts Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson says he's "out" of the Republican Party moving forward, arguing the GOP no longer reflects his views. Axios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384957/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:58:25 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384956/posts The sheer amount of roughly one million illegal migrants in Spain seeking amnesty could lead to a “collapse” of the nation’s basic services such as housing, education, or security, experts warned. Spain is presently in the final weeks of a widely-criticized mass amnesty process launched by the government of socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez that aims to grant half a million illegal migrants with “legal” residence status, work permits, and other benefits. Despite the initial “half a million” estimates stated by Spanish officials in January, officials recently acknowledged that over 900,000 amnesty requests had been submitted by migrants, confirming estimates... Breitbart https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384956/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:50:56 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384954/posts Montreal police say three people are dead after a shooting in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood: a police officer, a civilian and a suspect. Police say they were shot at by a lone suspect after being called to 6939 Décarie Boulevard. The emergency alert issued earlier in connection with an armed and dangerous suspect has been lifted. CBC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384954/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:38:08 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384938/posts It's hardly news that women have been steadily moving ever further left politically at a pace – "radically" – that far outstrips men, whose views tend to be stable. Especially Gen Z. According to a Gallup poll, women age 18-29 have over the last 25 years stretched a left-leaning gap from their male peers from 12 points to 23 points, nearly double. And although they have passionate "feelings" about their leftist ideals, they tend as a collective to fall short on logic, respect for free speech and intellectual coherence, more so than men. And that is bad news for our... Steyn Online https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384938/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:14:28 GMT