https://freerepublic.com/tag/news-forum/ en-us Sat, 16 May 2026 05:01:01 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379513/posts Watch Trump's plane from Beijing land, Trump get off the plane to his copter and take off to the White House. YouTube https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379513/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2026 05:01:01 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379512/posts Jerome Powell is not quite done running the Federal Reserve yet. The Federal Reserve Board voted on Friday to designate Jerome Powell as chair pro tempore until Kevin Warsh is sworn in as the new chair. The move was announced in a terse press release: “This temporary action to name the incumbent as chair pro tempore is consistent with past practice during similar transitions between chairs.” The press release did not explain what statutory authority the Board was relying on. Nor did it address the fact that the claim of consistency with precedent is, in critical respects, unsupported by the... Breitbart https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379512/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2026 05:00:52 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379503/posts More Iranian militia types are in the news, sad to say. Even worse, they're not doing their thing on their home turf - they're in the export business. Breaking News: An Iran-backed militia commander was arrested and charged with plotting to attack Jewish sites in the U.S., including one in New York. Prosecutors say he is a leader of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iraqi militia with ties to Iran. https://t.co/5FyiNgseXk— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 15, 2026Iran-backed Iraqi terrorists Kata’ib Hezbollah are reportedly seeking negotiations with the Iraqi government for the release of kidnapped American journalist Shelly Kittleson.The group is... Hotair https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379503/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2026 03:11:15 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379502/posts A brief moment at Donald Trump’s high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping has sparked fresh attention after the U.S. leader was seen raising a glass and appearing to take a sip during a formal reception. Footage from the event shows Trump holding a stemmed glass alongside Xi and other officials before bringing it to his lips. The moment stands out because the president has presented himself as a lifelong teetotaler—making even routine diplomatic gestures open to closer scrutiny. The reception formed part of a tightly choreographed state visit, where symbolism and protocol carry as much weight as policy discussions.... MSN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379502/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2026 02:59:44 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379500/posts California remains the largest offender of DHS sanctuary jurisdictions violations House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Chairman Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) chaired a high-stakes hearing Thursday exposing the deadly consequences of so-called sanctuary policies, using Fairfax County, Virginia, as a case study in how local officials prioritize illegal aliens over public safety. In his opening statement and pointed questioning, McClintock dismantled the “nullification” doctrine embraced by sanctuary jurisdictions, likening it to John C. Calhoun’s failed states’ rights theory that once threatened the Republic. “These nullification or sanctuary jurisdictions now extend to 11 states–coincidentally the same number as... California Globe https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379500/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2026 02:19:44 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379493/posts ***** Tunes For Our Troops ~ The Freeper Canteen Music Dedication Presents: The Letter "Z" *****~ Support The Artists You Hear Throughout The Canteen ! ~ ***** Warning: Not all music may be appropriate for children! Please click with caution. Thank you! Tunes For The Troops This music is provided for the entertainment of our Troops, Veterans, Allies & their families! Enjoy the variety of musical selections that the Canteen DJs provide throughout the thread. Please ping any DJ with your requests for the Troops! All music is removed on Monday.Thanks to all the DJs for their time &... Our Troops Rock !! https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379493/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2026 01:00:23 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379492/posts -The UK government will introduce legislation banning new North Sea oil and gas exploration licences as part of its Energy Independence Bill. -Critics argue the policy will increase Britain’s reliance on imported fossil fuels while damaging Scotland’s oil and gas industry. -Rising oil prices and disruptions tied to the Iran conflict have intensified political pressure on Labour to reconsider the ban. The government will make it illegal to grant new oil and gas licences in the North Sea, the King said at the state opening of Parliament, in a sign ministers are refusing to buckle in the face of a... Oilprice.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379492/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2026 00:38:55 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379491/posts LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A candidate for a Louisville-based Kentucky State House seat recently admitted to taking mail out of the mailbox of a potential voter. Max Morley is running to replace Daniel Grossberg as Kentucky State Representative in the 30th House District, which includes parts of Jefferson County. In a home security camera video reviewed by WHAS11, Morley is seen approaching a porch and ringing the doorbell and knocking on the door. "While campaigning, I exhibited a lack of judgment. This isn’t acceptable, and it’s something I’m deeply sorry for. I apologize to the homeowner. I want one thing to... WHAS 11 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379491/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2026 00:37:52 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379489/posts A New York man was convicted Wednesday of helping operate a secret Chinese government-linked police station in Manhattan used to monitor dissidents, federal prosecutors said. Lu Jianwang, 64, a U.S. citizen also known as "Harry Lu" from the Bronx, was convicted by a jury on two counts related to operating an overseas police station in New York City on behalf of China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS), as well as obstruction of justice for destroying evidence. According to prosecutors, Lu and his co-defendant, Chen Jinping, acted as illegal agents of the Chinese government beginning in 2022 and established what authorities... Fox News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379489/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2026 00:27:43 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379487/posts Military officials indicate Gaza City airstrike eliminated terror group’s chief; former hostages hail reports of death of the man responsible for their abduction and captivity.Israel said that it had targeted Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip and the head of the terror group’s military wing, in an airstrike in Gaza City on Friday. While there was no immediate confirmation that he was killed, news of the strike prompted a joyous response from several of the hostages he had personally held and many hailed the apparent death of the last of the major architects of the... Times of Israel https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379487/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2026 00:24:11 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379486/posts Less than two years after Labour won a landslide majority, Sir Keir Starmer’s prime ministership is on the brink. Sir Keir’s flip-flopping has made him deeply unpopular and caused his party to sink in the polls. A battering in the local elections on May 7th has been the final straw for many of his party colleagues. Nearly 100 of Labour’s 403 MPs have called for the prime minister to stand aside and he has received five resignation letters from ministers, including Wes Streeting, the former health secretary. Sir Keir has vowed to fight on. But a leadership contest—which would be... The Economist https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379486/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2026 00:15:05 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379484/posts A large Coca-Cola bottling plant in Southern California will shut down permanently this summer, ending a longstanding relationship between the company and the city. Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling made the announcement in a May 8 WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice – a legally required 60-day "heads-up" that employers must give to workers before a major layoff or office closure. "We regularly assess our locations, products, and services to ensure we can continue driving sustainable growth and innovation across our business," a spokesperson for Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling wrote to SFGATE. "As such, we have announced the closure of our Ventura... Fox Business https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379484/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2026 00:09:55 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379482/posts Colorado's Dem Governor Polis commutes ex-election clerk Tina Peters' sentence after Trump pressure Peters issued a statement through her attorney thanking Polis and apologizing. “Five years ago I misled the Secretary of State when allowing a person to gain access to county voting equipment. That was wrong,” Peters said. “I have learned and grown during my time in prison and going forward I will make sure that my actions always follow the law, and I will avoid the mistakes of the past.” Yahoo News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379482/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2026 00:05:56 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379473/posts During his Thursday evening interview with Sean Hannity, President Donald Trump admitted that the U.S. went to war with Iran for Israel, as well as for the Gulf state allies.“We’re doing it to help Israel, and to help Saudi Arabia, and to help Qatar and UAE, and you know, Kuwait, and other countries, Bahrain,” Trump said.TRUMP ADMITS WAR ON IRAN IS NOT FOR AMERICA "We're doing it to help Israel—and to help Saudi Arabia, and to help Qatar and UAE, and you know, Kuwait, and other countries, Bahrain." pic.twitter.com/oMQtGUxQUq— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) May 15, 2026The State Department has already confirmed... AlexJonesLive.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379473/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2026 23:16:19 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379472/posts n a move that's left progressive D.C. absolutely reeling, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro just announced that if your little angel is out running wild in one of those charming "teen takeover" thingies that have been terrorizing our nation's capital, you - yes, you, the parent - are going to face consequences. VIDEO AT LINK........ Parents, do your job. Or we will do ours. As Pirro says, taxpayers shouldn't have to keep footing the bill for what she calls "parental neglect." Breathe it in, folks, this is what sanity smells like! For those of you unaware,... Not The Bee https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379472/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2026 23:09:18 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379471/posts Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, already embroiled in a row with Donald Trump over the Iran war, has said he would not advise his children to study or work in the US in the current climate. Speaking to a conference of young Catholics in Würzburg, the conservative leader, viewed by many as a transatlanticist, said he no longer saw the US as the land of opportunity. “I am a great admirer of America. At the moment my admiration is not growing,” he said during a podium discussion, citing the quickly changing “social climate” in the deeply polarised country. “I would... The Guardian https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379471/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2026 23:05:35 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379469/posts Despite Eurovision’s insistence it is apolitical, politics has always been part of the continent-wide song contest, as much a feature as whatever constellation of pyrotechnics and power ballads are on display that year. But where, previously, politics was somewhat of a punchline, a useful indicator for cynical fans to guess which country might award points to another, this year it is threatening to overshadow the entire contest. Five countries – Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, the Netherlands and Iceland – are boycotting this year’s event over Israel’s continued participation in it, marking the biggest crisis in the contest’s 70-year history. CNN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379469/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2026 23:02:04 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379467/posts WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Friday rejected Virginia’s bid to restore a congressional map that would have given Democrats a chance to pick up four seats in the closely divided House of Representatives. The court’s order is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting competition. It was kicked off last year by President Donald Trump urging Republican-controlled states to redraw their lines and was supercharged by a recent Supreme Court ruling severely weakening the Voting Rights Act that opened up even more winnable seats for the GOP. News4 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379467/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2026 22:55:11 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379466/posts President Donald Trump divulged how Chinese President Xi Jinping responded to his inquiry about releasing Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong businessman imprisoned after his outspoken criticism of the Chinese government. Lai, 78, is serving a 20-year sentence after the communist regime found him guilty of sedition and conspiracy to commit collusion with foreign forces. "I brought up Jimmy Lai. I would say the response to that was not positive. He said that he's been, you know, he said it's been sort of his worst nightmare," Trump told "Special Report" in an interview airing Friday. Trump said he spoke with Xi... Fox News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379466/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2026 22:49:26 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379464/posts For years, the so-called lab leak hypothesis was labeled by top public health officials as a conspiracy theory or at least a fringe idea. But a senior officer inside the Central Intelligence Agency, subpoenaed by the Senate Homeland Security committee, said it was always the prevailing theory in the intelligence community, but many of the officers' reports and analyses were buried or even rewritten. Fox Baltimore https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379464/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2026 22:29:05 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379463/posts Mossad Commentary: @MOSSADil 🚨 CONFIRMED: Hamas chief, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, has been eliminated. Quote Mossad Commentary @MOSSADil· 🇮🇱 BREAKING: The IDF reportedly carried out a targeted strike against a hideout where Hamas chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad, was hiding in Gaza. al-Haddad was one of the architects of the October 7 massacre. Parody "mossad" acct https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379463/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2026 22:25:52 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379462/posts We are in the midst of a headlong global birth crash—a plunge underway all around the world, in rich and poor regions alike, very possibly presaging an indefinite global depopulation, with our “peak human” moment coming much sooner than almost anyone imagined even a few years ago. This is not what demography’s experts long predicted. For decades, demographers simply assumed that the postwar drop in worldwide birth rates would lead to an eventual equilibrium, with childbearing converging in one region after another at a little over two births per woman, the level required for long-term replacement. They envisioned a mere... The Free Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379462/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2026 22:11:44 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379460/posts A convicted child sex offender is now a fugitive after a California judge allowed him to remain free on $1 million bail following his conviction, a decision that prosecutors are now sharply criticizing after the man disappeared before sentencing.Carl Cacconie was convicted on July 17 at the South Lake Tahoe Courthouse of six felony sex crimes involving an 11-year-old girl. Despite the verdict, Judge Michael McLaughlin, a registered Democrat, permitted him to leave court pending sentencing, which was set for Aug. 25. He never returned. SNIP “To expect that a person on $1 million bond, who has now been convicted,... New York Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379460/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2026 22:10:57 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379458/posts A Democratic strategist stunned a CNN panel into silence after claiming a new congressional map set to make a black Republican the odds-on favorite to win the election is racist. Democratic strategist Tezlyn Figaro made the argument on Thursday's NewsNight after journalist Lydia Moynihan pointed out how the redistricting bid will help the odds of GOP candidate Charlotte Bergmann, a black woman, in Tennessee. The new map made it through the state's general assembly hours before. Moynihan framed the situation as 'ironic', given that many critics have called the redraw racist. They say it dilutes the state's only black-majority district,... Daily Mail https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379458/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2026 21:54:58 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379456/posts Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday cut former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ nine-year prison sentence in half, and ordered the 70-year-old, who has become a national martyr for election conspiracy theorists, to be released on parole June 1. Peters’ sentence for orchestrating a security breach of her county’s election system in 2021 in a failed attempt to uncover voter fraud is now four years and four and a half months under a clemency order issued by the governor. “She, because of her incorrect and unpopular speech, got an unduly harsh sentence,” Polis said Friday in an interview with The... Coloradasun https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379456/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2026 21:52:18 GMT