https://freerepublic.com/tag/twofacedtroll/ en-us Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:50:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4387970/posts Republicans returned to Washington on Monday night in an increasingly dour mood about the state of their party: Growing fears of a November wipeout. A Middle East war with no end in sight. A feeling of loss after the sudden death of their longtime colleague Lindsey Graham. Now, with President Donald Trump’s attention focused on Capitol Hill for what could be the party’s final legislative sprint before the midterms, a restless House Speaker Mike Johnson is racing to reverse Republicans’ political fortunes. Johnson is privately pushing a major legislative push centered on Pentagon funding, cutting government fraud and a new... CNN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4387970/posts#comment Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:50:37 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4387969/posts A Florida federal judge in a scathing order Monday said President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service “for an improper purpose” — to gain the appearance of “judicial legitimacy for a ‘settlement’ that had no viable basis in law or fact.” That controversial out-of-court settlement with the IRS and Department of Justice in May briefly led the DOJ to create a since-abandoned $1.8 billion “lawfare” fund to compensate purported victims of prosecutorial overreach by the department. It also led to Trump, his family members and related business entities being granted effective immunity from audits,... CNBC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4387969/posts#comment Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:47:05 GMT