https://freerepublic.com/tag/news-forum/ en-us Mon, 8 Jun 2026 06:53:55 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382835/posts The Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post Israel's attacks on Iran were "carried out in coordination with the US and the Trump administration," an Israeli official told Maariv on Monday. "More than 15 targets were attacked, including a drone manufacturing plant and Tehran International Airport," the report added. JPost on X https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382835/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 06:53:55 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382833/posts Donald Trump urged his followers to 'watch closely' and called the California elections system 'CROOKED' as Spencer Pratt fell to third place in the Los Angeles mayoral primary. The Hills star had seen his lead on socialist Nithya Raman shrink over the weekend during his quest to face incumbent Karen Bass for a runoff in November. Trump has made repeated allegations of election fraud. 'Has anybody been watching the CROOKED Election going on in California,' the President wrote on Truth Social Sunday night. 'Two great Republican Candidates are being cheated, and so is America, which if the Dumocrats are able... Daily Mail https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382833/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 05:35:35 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382831/posts New agreement could allow Arizona to access more Colorado River water by helping expand ocean desalination in Southern California. For years, Arizona has explored the possibility of turning seawater into drinking water as a way to help offset shortages on the Colorado River. Now, state water leaders say a new partnership with California could move that concept one step closer to reality. This week, Arizona signed a memorandum of understanding with California water agencies to explore a first-of-its-kind water exchange involving desalinated ocean water from Southern California. The agreement centers on the Claude "Bud" Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant in Carlsbad,... ABC15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382831/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 05:08:15 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382828/posts Socialist Nithya Raman might be familiar with a phrase widely misattributed to Joseph Stalin: “It’s not the people who vote that count, it’s the people who count the votes.” Not much voting went on in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, so Stalin probably didn’t say that. But the point about counting the vote stands. On Sunday evening, Raman overtook challenger Spencer Pratt for second place in the race for LA mayor. The trend seems likely to continue. We would like to report the ballots counted thus far as a percentage of the total cast, but unfortunately, we cannot: ballots... New York Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382828/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 04:53:01 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382827/posts Pope Leo XIV, in his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, compressed here from Paragraphs 163-168, asserts that:“More than ever, in the age of AI and robotics, it is no longer possible to rely solely on the ‘invisible hand’ of the market. Politics has the task of orientating economies and technologies to the common good ... to ensure equity: taxation, social protection and industrial policies must correct the imbalances created by the concentration of wealth and power” (emphasis mine). Can the Pope reasonably hope to achieve these aims by relegating Adam Smith’s invisible hand illustration to the dust bin of history? Pope... American Thinker https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382827/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 04:39:36 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382826/posts Marc Zell, Chairman of Republicans Overseas Israel, rejects reports that Trump ordered Netanyahu not to retaliate for the latest Iranian missile launches. INN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382826/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 04:36:04 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382825/posts Israel conducted strikes on military targets in western and central Iran early Monday local time, the Israeli military announced, escalating a conflict that had already broken through the ceasefire just hours earlier when Iran fired multiple waves of missiles at Israel on Sunday. The strikes came despite a direct phone call from President Trump to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging him not to retaliate immediately for the Iranian missile attack. A senior U.S. official told the Associated Press, on condition of anonymity to describe a private call, that Trump believed he had convinced Netanyahu to wait. Israel struck anyway.... Red State https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382825/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 04:26:59 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382822/posts "I test the Army’s new 30×42mm Precision Grenade Rifle and break down how it’s changing infantry combat. The Squad Support Rifle System or SSRS 30mm grenade launcher. It fires ammunition from airburst rounds to counter-drone and anti-armor munitions, this weapon delivers insane accuracy and firepower. Here’s why it might replace traditional grenade launchers like the M203 and M320 and M32 and become the squad’s most lethal system." Cappy Army Youtube https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382822/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 04:04:58 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382817/posts Texas has overtaken California in Fortune 500 companies for the first time, as firms continue to leave the Golden State’s increasingly unfriendly business environment. Townhall https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382817/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 03:34:39 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382813/posts The prosecution continues stacking witness after witness against Carmelo Anthony—and the testimony is becoming increasingly difficult for the defense to explain. Multiple student witnesses described Anthony refusing repeated requests to leave the Memorial High School team area, becoming increasingly confrontational, and challenging Austin Metcalf to physically remove him. Several witnesses testified that no one ganged up on Anthony, no serious fight occurred, and that the confrontation ended almost immediately after a minor shove. Andrew Branca https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382813/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 03:13:44 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382811/posts Plumes of smoke rise over Iran's capital Tehran following airstrikes amid ongoing U.S.â"Israel attacks on March 1. Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images The Israeli Air Force conducted strikes on military targets in central and Western Iran on Monday morning local time, Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. Why it matters: The strikes, in retaliation for an Iranian missile attack against Israel, mark a new phase in a growing escalation that started on Sunday morning. This is the first time Israel has struck Iran since the April 8 ceasefire. Iran had threatened to expand its attacks and target U.S.... Axios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382811/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 03:08:59 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382810/posts Iran Israel War Live Updates: US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would tell Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to strike back after Iran fired a salvo of missiles at Israeli targets in retaliation for an attack on the outskirts of Beirut, news outlet Axios reported. Iran Israel War Live Updates: Israel strikes targets in Iran hours after missile attack on northern Israel Israeli forces have expanded their military operations deeper into southern Lebanon, issuing new displacement orders and carrying out air strikes in several areas. Photo: File/AFP Iran Israel War Live Updates: Air raid sirens sounded in... www.firstpost.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382810/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 02:55:46 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382807/posts New York bill replaces ‘mother’ with ‘gestating parent’ in state lawA memo accompanying the legislation says the change is needed to align with standards for family court cases involving same-sex parents and surrogate parents.The New York state legislature passed a bill that replaces the words “mother” and “father” with “gestating parent” and “non-gestating parent” in child custody and parental laws.The gender-neutral terms, reminiscent of the dystopian fiction Brave New World, would be included in domestic and education law under the bill, according to the New York Post.“‘Paternity’ proceedings to determine a child’s biological father would meanwhile become ‘parentage’ cases,” the... LifeSite News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382807/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 02:05:22 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382805/posts The Israeli Air Force has begun striking targets throughout Iran, according to Channel 14. X https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382805/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 01:25:45 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382804/posts Multiple people have been injured in a terrifying stabbing at Penn Station in New York City, NY. Five victims have been hospitalized after an “emotionally disturbed” man went on a rampage, stabbing people seemingly at random. Law enforcement responded quickly and apprehended the suspect, whose identity has not been released yet. Take a look at the horrific scene: NBC New York provided the latest update on the situation: Five people were injured following a stabbing in New York’s Penn Station, according to a law enforcement official. One person, believe to have mental health issues, was taken into custody by Amtrak... WLT Report https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382804/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 01:24:08 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382800/posts ~ D-DAY, June 6, 1944 ~ NORMANDY INVASION May 1944 had been chosen at the conference in Washington in May 1943 as the time for the invasion. Difficulties in assembling landing craft forced a postponement until June, but June 5 was fixed as the unalterable date by Eisenhower on May 17. As the day approached and troops began to embark for the crossing, bad weather set in, threatening dangerous landing conditions. After tense debate, Eisenhower and his subordinates decided on a 24-hour delay, requiring the recall of some ships already at sea. Eventually, on the morning of June 5, Eisenhower,... Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382800/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 01:06:48 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382798/posts Australia's economic slowdown is just beginning, economists warn, as interest rate rises and cost-of-living pressures weigh on households.The economy grew just 0.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2026, the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed on Wednesday, but the figures only captured the first month of the Middle East war. Australian Broadcasting Corporation https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382798/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 00:51:15 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382797/posts Tsunami warnings were issued after an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck off Mindanao in the southern Philippines on Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The quake struck at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), GFZ said. The geophysics ⁠agencies ​of the Philippines and neighbouring Indonesia issued tsunami warnings. There were no immediate reports of major damage in either country.GFZ had earlier pegged the ​earthquake at ​8.2. The US Tsunami Warning ⁠System issued a tsunami threat to the earthquake. The Indian Express https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382797/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 00:45:30 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382794/posts Australian beef exports to China could be hit with a 55 per cent tariff within days. Earlier this year, Beijing announced a quota on Australian beef of 205,000 tonnes a year... A https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382794/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 00:32:54 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382793/posts BREAKING in LA Mayor's race: Nithya Raman pulls ahead of Spencer Pratt by about three thousand votes. Raman now in second. Pratt, third. According to L.A. County update 6/7 4:50 PM X https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382793/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2026 00:06:30 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382790/posts Donald Trump said he would plead with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate against Iranian strikes on Israel - which came in response to Israeli strikes on Beirut on Sunday. ‘I am going to call Bibi right now and tell him not to retaliate,’ Trump was quoted as saying by Axios journalist Barak Ravid in a phone interview, using the Israeli leader’s nickname. ‘Each of them had their fun. Israel had its strike and Iran had its strike. We don’t need another one,’ Mr Trump said. Trump described the attack - the first Iranian strikes on Israeli soil... Daily Mail https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382790/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2026 23:18:39 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382789/posts Iran lashed out at its neighbors Saturday after U.S. forces downed missiles Iran launched at targets in the Strait of Hormuz. “U.S. forces intercepted multiple Iranian ballistic missiles and drones launched by Iran toward the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf neighbors,” U.S. Central Command posted on X. “Iran fired seven ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain hours after U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz,” CENTCOM said. “The attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic. U.S. forces subsequently struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in... Western Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382789/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2026 23:12:13 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382788/posts Five US states reject LGBT ‘pride’ month, reclaim June for marriage, family, GodThe governors of Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, and Utah issued proclamations that follow in the footsteps of Tennessee, which passed a resolution in April recognizing June as ‘Nuclear Family Month.’ Five U.S. states have now chosen to disregard homosexual and transgender “pride month,” casting aside the rainbow flag and reclaiming June for marriage, family, and God. The governors of Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, and Utah issued proclamations that follow in the footsteps of Tennessee, which passed a resolution in April recognizing the month of June as “Nuclear Family Month.”Tennessee’s resolution... LifeSite News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382788/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2026 23:03:07 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382787/posts WATCH LIVE UPDATES: Netanyahu and Trump Hold Phone Call After Iran Ballistic Missile Barrage Iran launched a ballistic missile attack targeting northern Israel following Israeli airstrikes in Beirut. The attack prompted widespread security measures across Israel, including the cancellation of classes nationwide, as officials prepared for the possibility of additional strikes. So far, missile alerts have sounded hundreds of times across Israel as Iran has launched at least five separate rounds of missile fire. Approximately six waves of ballistic missiles from Iran have been detected. The latest escalation began after Israel carried out airstrikes against targets in southern Beirut, a... Gateway Pundit https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382787/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2026 23:00:57 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382786/posts The FBI arrested three men on Friday on charges of conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State (ISIS), according to a statement from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). Bisaam Ghafoor, 21, Elias Shamsaldeen, 21, and Bereen Dzayee, 25, were taken into custody following a complaint filed in the District of Kansas. They were accused of 'conspiring to provide material support to terrorism' after collectively giving over $2,000 in cryptocurrency to an individual believed to be a member of ISIS. The allegations in the complaint were found to be substantiated, and the funds were proven to have... JPost https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382786/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2026 22:53:52 GMT