https://freerepublic.com/tag/frontpage-news/ en-us Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:56:51 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4393780/posts The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Monday that construction of the White House ballroom can continue, lifting a block on above-ground work as President Trump asserts the project is necessary for national security. It halts a lower court ruling that would’ve restricted construction until Congress provided additional approvals. Five of the court’s conservative justices, including all three of Trump’s appointees — Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — sided with the president. They ruled a preservationist group likely has no right to sue over one of its members’ concerns about the project. Chief... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4393780/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:56:51 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4392788/posts A judge has denied Karmelo Anthony's request for a new trial in the murder of Austin Metcalf after his new defense team called for it in the wake of his conviction earlier this summer. Judge Michael Chitty rendered his decision Saturday after testimony stretched into Friday evening. The decision could have a major impact on how people perceive the justice system in Texas. Anthony was convicted of murdering 17‑year‑old Austin Metcalf after stabbing him during a Frisco ISD track meet in April 2025. A Collin County jury rejected his self‑defense claim and found he intentionally stabbed Metcalf during an altercation. CBS https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4392788/posts#comment Sat, 22 Aug 2026 20:57:36 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4392488/posts Former Rep. Eric Swalwell, the disgraced California politician accused of rape, was reportedly confronted by FBI agents at San Francisco International Airport, where they seized his electronics as part of a federal criminal probe. Agents served Swalwell with a search warrant Saturday after he arrived in California and seized his cellphone and other electronics, the Daily Mail reported. Sources told the outlet, agents also executed additional warrants at Swalwell’s Washington, DC, home Sunday, where they seized other potential evidence. Swalwell, 45, was reportedly cooperative during the airport encounter. The investigation comes as the former California congressman faces multiple allegations of... NYPost https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4392488/posts#comment Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:29:25 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4392420/posts The Trump administration is moving to claw back tens of millions of dollars in pandemic relief that went to celebrities, music artists, and entertainment-industry elites. The Small Business Administration announced Tuesday that it has referred $34 million in outstanding Shuttered Venue Operators Grant(SVOG) debt to the Treasury Department, marking the first time the federal government has referred unresolved debt from the program to the Treasury for collection. The move is part of a broader effort by SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler to recover pandemic-era funds that the agency says were improperly awarded or remain outstanding. “Under the Biden Administration, the SVOG... Dailywire https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4392420/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:23:46 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4391825/posts Behind the march: Jake Lang, Pastor Lorenzo Sewell call for ‘stop to Islamification’DEARBORN, Mich. – Dearborn is preparing for a heightened police presence at Tuesday’s city council meeting after social media posts about a planned pro-Christian protest began circulating online.Conservative activist Jake Lang and Detroit Pastor Lorenzo Sewell are listed as organizers behind what is being called a “Christian Crusader March on Dearborn.”City, police coordinate for safety Sewell claims as many as 50,000 people could show up to the protest. In response, the Dearborn Police Department says it is working with local, state, and federal partners.“We have an operations plan... clickondetroit.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4391825/posts#comment Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:16:17 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4391793/posts The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday restored several pieces of a 2021 Texas election law that overhauled mail-in and assisted voting, overturning a lower court’s block on those provisions. Five years ago, Texas passed Senate Bill 1, a wide-reaching election law that changed the way local officials administer elections and how some Texans vote, particularly aimed at initiatives Harris County implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. The law was denounced by voter advocacy groups, civil rights organizations and Democratic lawmakers, who broke quorum in an attempt to stifle the bill. After several lawsuits over accessibility concerns created by... the texas tribune https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4391793/posts#comment Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:22:49 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4391323/posts Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has signed H.5595, which would legalize abortions up to birth. The radical bill that allows abortions up until birth even on healthy unborn babies. Democrats fast tracked the measure to bypass the full committee process so the full body could pass the bill before the legislature adjourned. The bill passed the overwhelmingly Democrat House on July 22 by a vote of 119-33. Under current state law, abortions are allowed up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, although weak exceptions essentially allow it up to birth. Abortions after that point are permitted only when the mother’s life or... life news https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4391323/posts#comment Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:27:12 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4389226/posts The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that illegal aliens do not have a constitutional right to be released from federal custody while their removal proceedings are pending.The decision overturned a lower court ruling that had ordered bond hearings for three illegal immigrants held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and stayed those release orders while the case proceeds on appeal. The opinion was led by Chief Judge Jennifer Elrod. Elrod was appointed to the court by President George W. Bush. DOJ Hails Decision Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Department of Justice’s... Slay News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4389226/posts#comment Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:34:09 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4388787/posts Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday he’s stopping more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota over suspected fraud. “We are not sending Medicaid dollars out the door until we have confidence that they are being spent lawfully and appropriately,” Kennedy said at an announcement on Tuesday. Kennedy said if California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) want the money to fund low-income healthcare, “they need to provide documentation that these payments are legitimate.” Kennedy blamed the Biden administration and the Democratic leadership in both blue states... NY Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4388787/posts#comment Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:29:06 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4388476/posts Iran's supreme leader vowed to teach the United States "unforgettable lessons" on Saturday, as Washington reported its first military deaths since renewing its hostilities with the Islamic republic.A month after the foes signed a now-abandoned preliminary deal aimed at ending their war, Tehran struck infrastructure around the Gulf in retaliation for a week of intensifying US attacks, which Iran said had hit an airport, a railway station and bridges.Iran hit an oil facility in Kuwait as well as a power and water plant, authorities in the Gulf state said, while in Bahrain the army said air defences repelled a wave... AFP via Yahoo https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4388476/posts#comment Sat, 18 Jul 2026 19:26:29 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4387232/posts President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will ask the Supreme Court to rehear its recent decision striking down his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship.In a 5-4 decision last month, the high court held that children born in the United States to parents who are in the country illegally or temporarily are U.S. citizens under the 14th Amendment, rejecting Trump's attempt to deny them automatic citizenship."I will be asking for a Rehearing by the United States Supreme Court, IMMEDIATELY," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "This miscarriage of justice will destroy America if they don't change their absolutely insane... newsmax.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4387232/posts#comment Thu, 9 Jul 2026 01:46:28 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4387177/posts Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) claimed on Wednesday that they had targeted 85 allegedly “American military facilities,” in reality launching sweeping bombing campaigns against neighbors Kuwait and Bahrain. The IRGC’s aggression follows Iran bombing various vessels attempting to navigate the Strait of Hormuz, reportedly ships linked to Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian regime’s attacks prompted U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) to resume targeted strikes on Iran’s terrorist infrastructure to protect free navigation in the strait, which the IRGC used as its reasoning for bombing Kuwait and Bahrain. The IRGC’s statement, as shared by the Iranian government’s Islamic Republic... Breitbart https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4387177/posts#comment Wed, 8 Jul 2026 16:55:31 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4387156/posts President Trump said the U.S. would likely launch more strikes against Iran Wednesday night, telling reporters at a NATO summit in Turkey "we hit them very hard last night," and "we're going to hit them hard again tonight." Earlier Wednesday Mr. Trump said, "as far as I'm concerned, it's over," when asked about the ceasefire with Iran. After an exchange of strikes by both countries, Mr. Trump called Iran's leaders "sick" and declared it "a waste of time dealing with them." CBS News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4387156/posts#comment Wed, 8 Jul 2026 13:36:43 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4386083/posts The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.The 6-3 decision saw Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett join with the court's liberals. Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch dissented."No such intersovereign concerns apply to children born of parents unlawfully or temporarily present in the United States; no foreign sovereign would “have any motive for wishing” them outside this Nation’s authority," Roberts wrote. "Those children are thus subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. They satisfy both elements of the Citizenship Clause: they are 'born ...... Just The News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4386083/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:01:31 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385708/posts Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain while a ship in the Strait of Hormuz separately came under attack Saturday in Tehran's likely response to overnight airstrikes by the United States. The U.S. had launched airstrikes overnight in response to an Iranian drone attack on a container ship trying to leave the strait Thursday, continuing a string of attacks that have shaken the war's uneasy ceasefire. Iran has insisted that ships must obey its orders and warned it will start charging fees for transit through the strait. However, ships have been increasingly trying to leave the Gulf in recent days.... WBALTV https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385708/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2026 18:52:15 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385659/posts Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain after overnight airstrikes by the United States. The attacks across the Persian Gulf show the danger of the Iran war again spinning out of control, even after Iran and the U.S. reached an interim deal to try and agree on a final accord to end the conflict. The U.S. had launched its airstrikes in response to an Iranian drone attack on a ship trying to get out of the strait on Thursday, continuing a string of attacks that have shaken the uneasy ceasefire in the war. That Iran targeted Bahrain likely was not... CBS News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385659/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:07:52 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385242/posts Trump said in the post on Wednesday: "The big Oil Companies are not dropping their price at the pump commensurate with the sharply lower prices they are paying for Oil. "Those prices are dropping like a rock! In other words, customers are being 'gouged.'" He added that he had ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to "immediately start looking into this". BBC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385242/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:38:25 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385184/posts Donald Trump’s approval rating is soaring in a new survey, with the president’s poll numbers reaching a level that hasn’t been recorded in months. Trump’s approval rating now stands at 47% in the latest Daily Mail/JL Partners poll -- a 4-point increase from the 43% rating recorded in the survey’s last three months and a 5-point climb from his all-time low in mid-March. The 47% approval rating is Trump’s highest since February, before he decided to launch joint strikes with Israel against Iran. Meanwhile, the president’s disapproval rating is 53% in the latest survey, four percentage points lower than the... AL.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385184/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2026 03:32:56 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384933/posts A newly surfaced video shows Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico welcoming a climate activist organization to Texas and praising its work, a position that appears at odds with his campaign’s efforts to portray him as a supporter of the state’s energy industry. In a June 2024 video promoting the expansion of Third Act into Texas, Talarico thanked the group for coming to the Lone Star State and said he looked forward to working “alongside” the organization. “I’ve been fighting climate change my entire career,” Talarico said. Calling Texas “the front line in the fight to save democracy and our... Texas Scorecard https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384933/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:46:35 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384827/posts Iranian officials reportedly abandoned peace talks in the wake of President Donald Trump's threat to 'blow the s*** out of them,' just hours after Vice President JD Vance arrived in Switzerland for negotiations with Tehran. The president threatened Iran to restart his bombing campaigns on the country through profanity filled phone calls and posts on social media while Vance began negotiations. Iranian officials back out of the talks after having filed a formal complaint with Pakistani and Qatari mediators and also refused to pose for photographs, according to the Telegraph. Tehran's Chief negotiator Mohammed Ghalibaf warned that the US should... UK Daily Mail https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384827/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:42:07 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384757/posts On Saturday, Vice President JD Vance departed on Air Force Two for Switzerland, to be a part of the negotiations with the Iranian leaders to solidify the terms of the end of the Iran conflict in the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) and to further shore up the tentative ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. According to VP Vance, special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have been on the ground in Switzerland in preparation for the talks to resume on Sunday.Vice President JD Vance is wheels up from Washington, D.C., en route to Switzerland 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/uEeFTnx5Dn— Luke Schroeder (@VPPressSec) June 20,... Red State https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384757/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2026 04:11:52 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384550/posts WASHINGTON/DUBAI, June 19 (Reuters) - Switzerland said U.S. talks with Iranian negotiators on a pact to end the Middle East conflict would not take place on Friday, as Vice President JD Vance dropped plans to travel to Geneva, adding to uncertainty whether a lasting truce can be found. "The logistics of these negotiations have never been simple or predictable," the White House spokesperson said in a statement on Thursday night. Vance and the U.S. delegation had been ready to depart as soon as plans were finalised. The talks, set for the mountaintop resort of Burgenstock, would not take place, Switzerland's... Reuters via MSN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384550/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:20:12 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384302/posts Canada’s House rejected a final attempt to stop Bill C-9, which threatens to criminalize quoting the Bible, including on homosexuality.OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — A final attempt to stop Bill C-9 was defeated, meaning that the bill, which threatens to criminalize quoting parts of the Bible, including on homosexuality, has officially passed Canada’s Parliament and will soon become law.On Wednesday, June 17, a majority of MPs voted down an attempt by Conservative MP Andrew Lawton to stop Bill C-9 “once and for all.”“The Liberals and Bloc Québécois voted down my motion to withdraw the divisive and toxic Bill C-9 to stand... lifesitenews.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384302/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:32:45 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384174/posts The United States on Wednesday released the official text of the memorandum of understanding reached over the weekend with Iran.A senior US administration official read out the 14-point document, which spells out provisions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, easing certain financial restrictions on Iran and sets out expectations for addressing Iran’s nuclear program during future technical talks.Titled the “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the document was released after outcry that its text hadn’t been released publicly. CNN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384174/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:57:18 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384081/posts US negotiators are working to quickly release the text of the agreement between Washington and Tehran, even as they downplay the significance of the specific language in the document, US officials told CNN.The officials described the text of the agreement as incredibly vague, mainly intended to create a more favorable environment for the highly technical, in-person talks to come. They added that the framework is aimed at providing Iran the ability to sell it politically to their internal audience.Additionally, the officials said that the text of the memorandum of understanding — which Vice President JD Vance told CNN Monday is... CNN via Yahoo https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384081/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2026 01:22:24 GMT