https://freerepublic.com/tag/news-forum/ en-us Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:12:54 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376470/posts Dan Blaustein-Rejto is the director of food and agriculture at the Breakthrough Institute. For decades, farmers have relied on glyphosate — the active ingredient in Roundup and the most widely used herbicide in the United States — to protect their crops. But despite evidence that the herbicide is safer than alternatives, a lawsuit cheered on by the Make America Healthy Again movement could curtail access to it. If successful, the effort would leave farmers and the environment worse off.On Monday, the Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in Monsanto Company v. Durnell. John Durnell, a Missouri man who... The Washington Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376470/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:12:54 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376466/posts During the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night, an as-yet-unidentified shooter fired multiple rounds in an entrance area near the event at the Washington Hilton, prompting Secret Service agents to evacuate President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and other officials, like House Speaker Mike Johnson, to safety. There have been conflicting reports, but it appears that the shooter was neutralized and detained, and a Secret Service agent was shot, but was wearing protective gear. No injuries were confirmed among attendees, who sheltered under tables amid chaos. President Trump had wanted to resume the dinner, but the event was... PJ Media https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376466/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:09:56 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376461/posts Appears to be a teacher. People have his pictures in replies X https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376461/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2026 02:02:14 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376457/posts WASHINGTON (AP) — Okello Chatrie’s cellphone gave him away.Chatrie made off with $195,000 from the bank he robbed in suburban Richmond, Virginia, and eluded the police until they turned to a powerful technological tool that erected a virtual fence and allowed them collect the location history of cellphone users near the crime scene.The geofence warrant police served on Google found that Chatrie’s cellphone was among a handful of devices in the vicinity of the bank around the time it was robbed.Now the Supreme Court will decide whether geofence warrants violate the Fourth Amendment’s ban on unreasonable searches. It’s the latest... AP News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376457/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:04:38 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376456/posts ARLINGTON— The Navy took a major step forward in delivering game-changing hypersonic strike power to carrier pilots when it awarded California startup Castelion a contract nearing $105 million to fully integrate the Blackbeard hypersonic weapon onto the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The deal puts U.S. forces on a fast track to field its first operational air-launched hypersonic strike weapon from carrier decks by 2027. Unlike land-based ballistic missiles, Blackbeard is made for Navy aircraft carriers and can be launched from an F/A-18 fighter jet operating hundreds of miles from shore, giving the U.S. enhanced capabilities to strike an adversary’s missile batteries... Red State https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376456/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:01:18 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376455/posts YOU ARE SPECIAL "I don't know why I was even born," the young sailor confided! "I'm ugly. I'm not talented. I've never been what you would call smart. I don't really have any friends. And I can't seem to do anything right. I feel like I've spent my whole life letting people down. Sometimes I wonder if even God could love me!" That conversation took place more than a decade ago, but I still remember it as if it were yesterday. That one and a lot of others over the years with the same message: "I'm no good; I'm... Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376455/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:00:51 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376454/posts According to on-air reports, which were covering other topics when it occurred, shots have been fired at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Video of C-Span's coverage shows people ducking below their tables while the head table, where President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were sitting, evacuated. The anchor can be heard breaking in to point out the developing situation. 🚨BREAKING NEWS — SHOTS ALLEGEDLY FIRED — Trump EVACUATED from WHCD pic.twitter.com/8ZVZFe3Oqc— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 26, 2026The situation is fluid, and this post will be updated as more information becomes known. UPDATE:It is now being reported that the Secret... Red State https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376454/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:57:06 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376453/posts Did you know that a secretive thing called private equity owns almost 10 per cent of the UK economy? Did you know that it controls the jobs of several million people and may well own your local hospital, water supply, children’s school or even your home? No? Here is a book that aims to straighten you out on all that. Private equity is one of those things that you either know about or don’t. If you are in the finance business you know, because it is the story of the past quarter century. If you are not in that world,... The Spectator https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376453/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:50:49 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376452/posts President Trump and first lady Melania were dramatically evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Dinner less than 30 minutes after arriving. It was unclear what happened, but there were reports of a shooter. NY Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376452/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:45:11 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376451/posts Greetings from Ukraine. I'm in the Kharkiv oblast, which the huge numbers of Russian speakers all around prefer to call the Kharkov oblast. But, whichever your preferred vowel, this oblast is oh, such a blast. Last night, the actual Russians (from Russia, that is) tried to take a town about fifteen kilometres away from where I am. They were repulsed by the Ukrainians, but the artillery fire, drones and bombs from just beyond the horizon gave me a bit of a sleepless night. Or maybe it was the food, which leaves a lot to be desired compared to Lviv or... Steyn Online https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376451/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:43:45 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376450/posts Ministry says it will take a deeper dive into cause once current slide stops movingOn a sunny Friday morning, Kelly Ziebart walks through mountains of mud and dead grass that have heaved off the hills, just south of Fort St John, B.C. "Look how far the road slid down here," he said, pointing to damage along the closed road into Old Fort. "I think they're talking 50, 60 metres." This is the third landslide to hit the community of roughly 150 people since 2018. Once again, it has destroyed the only road in or out of the hamlet along the... CBC news https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376450/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:35:46 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376449/posts Family, friends and supporters of Virginia Giuffre held an emotional memorial vigil in Washington DC marking the first anniversary of her death. With the White House in the background, her brother Sky Roberts spoke of how his sister, a prominent accuser of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, had turned "pain into purpose". The event was held ahead of the arrival of the King and Queen in Washington DC on a state visit. Giuffre's lawyer Sigrid McCawley repeated calls for the King to meet Epstein survivors, saying it was a "missed opportunity". McCawley said she appreciated the concerns about the King not... bbc https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376449/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:15:10 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376443/posts The Mexican government says two US agents who died last weekend in a car crash had not been authorised to operate in the country.The officials, who reportedly worked for the CIA, had taken part in a raid on suspected drug labs in the northern state of Chihuahua before their vehicle skidded off a mountain road and exploded.Following an investigation ordered by President Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's security ministry said that "neither had formal accreditation to participate in operational activities" and that federal authorities had not been informed of their presence.The incident comes amid at-times fraught relations between Mexico and the US... BBC via Yahoo https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376443/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2026 23:13:38 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376442/posts JPPI says Beijing’s escalating rivalry with the US, alignment with Muslim nations, and adoption of anti-Western narratives is changing its previously positive attitude to JewsAntisemitism is rising in China, a country previously considered almost free of anti-Jewish hatred, according to a new research report by the Jewish People Policy Institute. Anti-Jewish tropes have moved from marginal online spaces into official media, academia, and state-sanctioned discourse, often through a deliberate and complete blurring of distinctions between Israel, Jews, and Judaism, the study found. Update: After publication of this article, the Chinese Embassy in Israel firmly rejected the findings in the study,... Times of Israel https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376442/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2026 23:10:09 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376435/posts The court that paused a 2023 law allowing state and local police officers to arrest migrants has now ruled that the measure is legal, a decision likely to be appealed.A federal appeals court cleared the way on Friday for Texas to act on an expansive 2023 state law that empowers state and local police officers to arrest migrants who cross illegally from Mexico, the latest development in a long-running case that could have far-reaching implications for immigration enforcement in the United States.In a 10-to-7 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the plaintiffs lacked standing... The New York Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376435/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2026 21:33:49 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376434/posts Former Vice President Al Gore is still making climate doom predictions, 20 years after his warnings from An Inconvenient Truth proved false — this time invoking the science fiction film The Day After Tomorrow for a rapt Hollywood audience. Gore joined the first-ever Sustainability in Entertainment Honors event Thursday, organized by The Hollywood Reporter and the Sustainable Entertainment Alliance, for a keynote conversation with The West Wing star Bradley Whitford. The pair reminisced about the Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, conspicuously omitting its failed prophecy that Earth’s ecosystems would reach a “tipping point” of no return, thanks to human industrial... Breitbart https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376434/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2026 21:25:08 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376433/posts Keir Starmer has vowed he can win the next election and that it will be a battle between Labour and Reform. More revelations about Peter Mandelson’s failed security vetting had raised concerns among Labour MPs, who are also worried about the May elections. However, speaking with The Times, the embattled PM insisted Labour could defy the odds and turn things around. Asked about winning the general election, he said: “I think we can. I think it’s going to be a very important general election. It’s likely to be Labour versus Reform. An election where the defining question is, what is... Mirror https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376433/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:38:53 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376429/posts Senate Majority Leader John Thune is facing mounting backlash after effectively shutting down momentum to eliminate the filibuster—despite renewed pressure from Donald Trump and a growing number of Republicans who say the rule is crippling the party’s agenda. Behind closed doors this week, Thune urged Republicans to stop even talking about ending the filibuster, siding with moderates who want to preserve the 60 vote threshold that has repeatedly blocked conservative legislation. That position is now drawing fire from within his own party. Trump has been crystal clear: get rid of the filibuster and start passing laws. “I say, end the... Big League Politics https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376429/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:59:53 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376427/posts “It is so hard to live ethically in an unethical society.” That lament heard this week from New York Times opinion culture editor Nadja Spiegelman could well be the Democratic Party’s epitaph. Spiegelman was interviewing two left-wing influencers about how everything from shoplifting to murder may be excusable today in light of the unfairness they see in society. “It is so hard to live ethically in an unethical society.” That lament heard this week from New York Times opinion culture editor Nadja Spiegelman could well be the Democratic Party’s epitaph. Spiegelman was interviewing two left-wing influencers about how everything from... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376427/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:42:03 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376426/posts TEHRAN/ANKARA: Iran has inflicted more “extensive” damage to United States bases and equipment in the Middle East since the start of US and Israeli strikes against Iran on February 28, NBC News reported on Saturday, citing sources. The report said that the damages from Iran’s retaliatory strikes against US military bases in seven Middle Eastern countries were “far worse than publicly acknowledged and is expected to cost billions of dollars to repair”. Iran has hit dozens of targets, including warehouses, command headquarters, aircraft hangars, satellite communications infrastructure, runways, high-end radar systems and dozens of aircraft, the report said. It added... Pakistan Today https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376426/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:35:40 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376425/posts Hasan Piker is an antisemite, a terrorist supporter, and a communist millionaire. He supports violence, up to and including the murder of his political opponents. And Democrats are in love with him. Piker, who makes a living as a Twitch streamer, was brought on by the New York Times for an interview about why stealing from businesses is good and justified. Inevitably, the defense of lawlessness by Piker (and the New York Times) turned to the murder of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson. Piker declared that Thompson was guilty of “social murder,” and that his murder was therefore understandable and possibly... Washington Examiner https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376425/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:31:47 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376424/posts A suspect is in custody after a shooting inside a Chicago hospital left one police officer dead and another critically injured on Saturday morning, law enforcement sources said. Around 10:45 a.m., two Chicago police officers were shot at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital, located at 5140 N. California Ave. in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood. Police took the suspect to the hospital to be checked out before going to jail for a separate offense before the shooting broke out, police sources told NBC Chicago. One of the officers was shot in the head, sources told NBC Chicago. Both were taken to a different... NBC 5 Chicago https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376424/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:31:11 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376421/posts ADVANCING MOST-FAVORED-NATION (MFN) PRICING: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced the 17th agreement with a major pharmaceutical manufacturer, Regeneron, to lower prescription drug prices that Americans pay for some of the world’s most innovative drugs, in line with the lowest prices paid by other developed nations (known as the most-favored-nation, or MFN, price). The agreement will provide every State Medicaid program in the country access to MFN drug prices on new Regeneron products, resulting in hundreds of millions in savings and continuing President Trump’s historic efforts to strengthen the program for the most vulnerable Americans.The agreement ensures foreign nations can... Whitehouse.gov https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376421/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:20:27 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376420/posts The Santa Cruz County Office of Education (Santa Cruz COE) is conducting its 6th Annual Rainbow Flag Raising ceremony on May 5 in celebration of Harvey Milk’s birthday and in support of LGBTQ+ students, families, and educators. Santa Cruz County Office of Education https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376420/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:16:43 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376419/posts The Justice Department will adopt firing squads as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases, officials said Friday. The Justice Department is also reauthorizing the use of single-drug lethal injections with pentobarbital that were used to carry out 13 executions during the first Trump administration — more than under any president in modern history. The Biden administration had removed pentobarbital from the federal protocol over concerns about the potential for unnecessary pain and suffering. The moves were announced as part of a broader push to step up federal executions... NPR https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376419/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:13:08 GMT