https://freerepublic.com/tag/paiduktroll/ en-us Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:33:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4387748/posts Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky on Sunday announced, after weeks of speculation, that he had a fall last month that landed him in the hospital. “My doctors have confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion. I didn’t have a heart attack or a stroke. I don’t have any tumors or hemorrhages. But I was briefly unconscious and was taken to the hospital. While receiving excellent care over the past several weeks, I’ve also had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia,” he said in a statement. McConnell also provided a photo showing him smiling... CNN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4387748/posts#comment Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:33:25 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4387747/posts Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will set out on Monday the legal steps she will take to deport the freed ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang. Shabir Ahmed, jailed for 22 years in 2012 for multiple counts of child sexual offences including rape, was released from prison on licence earlier this month. Calls have mounted across the political spectrum for the deportation of Ahmed, who was stripped of his British citizenship following his conviction, leaving him with only Pakistani nationality. But he cannot be deported due to a 1971 law that forbids the removal of a small group of Commonwealth citizens... BBC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4387747/posts#comment Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:23:01 GMT