Niall Ferguson on Trump’s National Security Strategy. The EU’s New Censorship. Plus. . .

Today in The Front Page: Niall Ferguson on national security. In defense of blowing stuff up. Jed Rubenfeld on the gerrymander wars. Our next event. And more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 6 hours ago

Big Tech Made Peace with Trump. Reid Hoffman Didn’t.

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman talks candidly about being targeted by the president. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 7 hours ago

The Texas Gerrymander Isn’t About Race. It’s About Raw Politics.

Progressives can’t make up their minds about whether race-based districts are forbidden or mandatory. A recent ruling may help set them straight, writes Jed Rubenfeld. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 15 hours ago

Yes, Blowing Things Up Is How We Build Things

Media attacks on Anduril’s ‘failed’ drone tests ignore America’s storied history of destroying hardware to build the world’s best weapons (and win wars), writes Madeline Hart. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 17 hours ago

Europe’s Censors Put a Price on Dissent

The $140 million fine on X marks a new phase in the EU’s effort to police speech. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 17 hours ago

Niall Ferguson: The Truth About Trump’s National Security Strategy

The mainstream press read Trump's National Security Strategy as a betrayal of Europe. The reality is far less dramatic: another messy, committee-written product of U.S. foreign policy chaos, writes Niall Ferguson for The Free Press. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 18 hours ago

Hate Thy Neighbor: How Progressive D.C. Treats National Guardsmen with Contempt

Before Sarah Beckstrom was shot and killed in an ambush in the capital, she was spat at by locals, writes Mary Eberstadt. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 19 hours ago

Ancient Wisdom: Dick Van Dyke Is (Almost) 100 and He’s Still Having Fun

`I’ve made it to 100, in no small part, because I have stubbornly refused to give in to the bad stuff about aging. Instead, I have been in a full-on bear hug with the experience of living,’ writes Dick Van Dyke. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 day ago

Things Worth Remembering: Don’t Feed Them After Midnight

‘Gremlins’ isn’t just a cult Christmas classic—it’s a parable about technology and modern chaos, writes Tim DeRoche for The Free Press. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 day ago

The Weekend Press: Is Staying Married Taboo?

This week in The Weekend Press: Is staying married taboo? Meghan Markle is a great queen of slop. Would you wear pj’s on a plane? What’s Sascha Seinfeld cooking? And more! | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 days ago

Two Drinks with. . . a Very Modern Lover

Cathi Hanauer has spent her life writing about love. Then she presented ‘The Case for Ending a Long, Mostly Good Marriage’ to readers of ‘The New York Times’—and people got mad. Kat Rosenfield sat down with her to hear it all. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 days ago

Bari’s Picks Of The Week: High Art, Tough Love, Good News

What gender doctors say in private. Michael Dell on his $6 billion donation to America’s youth. David Mamet on Tom Stoppard. And much more in Bari's Picks of The Week. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 days ago

I Thought My Marriage Was Broken. Then I Stayed In It.

When I listen to people who have been married for decades, I hear the same thing over and over: ‘Back then, we didn’t know if we’d make it.’ Larissa Phillips explains why she stuck it out. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 days ago

A Man Should Know: How to Travel

When you're traveling, make sure to bring a sports jacket, a pair of pajamas, and above all: earplugs, writes Elliot Ackerman for The Free Press. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 days ago

Meghan Markle Is the Slop Princess We Deserve

The Duchess of Montecito has a holiday special on Netflix. Suzy Weiss loved it. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 days ago

We Gave Students Laptops and Took Away Their Brains

Decades of data show a clear pattern: The more schools digitize, the worse students perform, writes Jared Cooney Horvath. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

TGIF: Piddly, Stupid Stuff

Somali scamsters spook Minnesota, Sabrina Carpenter feuds with the White House, Waymos beat out human drivers, disability booms on campus, the Ayatollah tries feminism, and so much more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

Ask Haviv: What’s Next for Israel?

Haviv Rettig Gur, Middle East analyst for The Free Press, breaks down what’s really happening in Israel and the region. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

Where Democracy Still Works

In taverns, classrooms, libraries, and flood-stricken towns, neighbors are quietly practicing the everyday cooperation that keeps the American experiment alive while national politics flounders. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

Nellie Bowles Gets Tough Love from Abigail Shrier

In our inaugural advice column, Abigail Shrier answers: How do you live when you feel like the world is falling apart? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

The Bible Is on Trial in Europe. Plus. . .

Today in The Front Page: the Bible is on trial in Europe. The cost of climate science confusion. Elliot Ackerman on the problem of Pete Hegseth. Has an English civil war already begun? And much more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Read This Book Instead of ‘The Catcher in the Rye’

Ryan Holiday unpacks the philosophy of ‘The Moviegoer.’ | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

The Two Sides of Nick Fuentes

Nick Fuentes has two personas—Podcast Nick Fuentes and Rumble Nick Fuentes—that promote opposing world views. That’s by design. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Hegseth Unbound the Troops and Ran Into the Law

He wants to unshackle commanders and strike decisively. But there are some rules even he can’t undo. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Has an English Civil War Already Begun?

Will England fall into a civil war? Dominic Green speaks to one historian who believes that it's already begun. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

The Bible Is on Trial in Europe

A Finnish parliamentarian quoted the word of God in a social media post. Then she was charged under her country’s Crimes Against Humanity law, reports Kara Kennedy. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

The Cost of Confused Climate Science

A retracted blockbuster study shows the motivated reasoning that fuels climate hysteria. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

‘We’re All Just Winging It’: What the Gender Doctors Say in Private

‘We’re all just winging it.' In footage obtained exclusively by The Free Press, gender doctors acknowledge they perform life-altering procedures on vulnerable youth with no supportive evidence—and they are proud of it. Leor Sapir reports. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

‘They Want to Dismantle the System’

Immigration courts were already struggling to clear a massive backlog of cases. Then the Trump administration started firing judges. Joe Nocera reports on the latest. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Could Massachusetts Become the First State to Undo Legal Weed?

Marijuana opponents are racking up wins across the country—thanks in part to Kevin Sabet, the bipartisan adviser leading the charge. Josh Code sat down with Sabet to understand the new anti-weed backlash—and where Trump's drug policy is headed. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

The Trump Voter Taking On ICE. Michael Dell on His $6B Gift to America’s Kids. Plus. . .

The Trump voter taking on ICE. Michael Dell on his $6B gift to America's kids. Steve Witkoff’s plan for peace through profit. Joe Biden, gay icon. And much more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

Stock Investing for Babies

‘Trump Accounts’ aim to build savings for children to grow with, but it’s hard for the middle class to maximize their gains, writes Peter Coy. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

Michael Dell: Why I’m Giving $6 Billion to America’s Kids

I started my company with $1,000. I know what a financial foundation can mean. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

Can Someone Let Joe Biden Know He’s a Gay Icon Now?

The former president’s relationship with the gay community is at best transactional, so why are they giving him an award? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

Peace Through Profit: The Problem with Steve Witkoff’s Ukraine Strategy

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff thinks business can fix any foreign-policy crisis. Putin’s cronies think differently, writes Eli Lake. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

The Trump-Voting Mom Helping Chicago’s Immigrants

We spent the day with Aleah Arundale as she fought to protect her new neighbors against the threat of ICE raids. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

Introducing: ‘Tough Love with Abigail Shrier’

‘The Free Press’ has an advice column! And Nellie Bowles has asked the first question. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

This Week in Canada: Be Careful What You Say About God

Canada’s most significant energy deal in decades also delivered a much-needed political reset, an anti-hate bill spells trouble for religious believers, and much more, writes Rupa Subramanya in her latest newsletter. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 6 days ago

Should Israel Pardon Bibi? The AI Cure for Deafness. Plus. . .

Should Israel Pardon Bibi? The AI cure for deafness. Trump’s latest lawfare effort falls flat. A debate on the ethics of designer babies. And much more in today's Front Page. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 6 days ago

Is Designing Babies Unethical—or a Moral Imperative?

We brought together a panel of experts—Jamie Metzl, Allyson Berent, O. Carter Snead, and Lydia Dugdale—to debate the ethics of editing embryos. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 6 days ago

I Got Surgery to Restore My Hearing. I Regret It.

Advances in assistive technologies are making cochlear implants obsolete, writes Richard Vigilante. Read his report on why he regrets his surgery. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 6 days ago

Trump’s Failed Lawfare

President Trump stretched the law to appoint loyal attack dogs to the Justice Department. Now his revenge campaign has stalled while real criminal cases are in limbo. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 6 days ago

Should Israel Pardon Netanyahu to Save Itself?

Ending Netanyahu’s corruption trial would mean an admission of guilt and could be the end of his political life, writes Michael Oren. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 6 days ago

Coleman Hughes: The Two Faces of Nick Fuentes

Nick Fuentes has slipped into the mainstream by presenting one version of himself to popular podcast hosts and another to his base, writes Coleman Hughes for The Free Press. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 6 days ago

Killing Narco Speedboat Survivors Is a War Crime. Plus. . .

David Mamet on Tom Stoppard. Tyler Cowen on where the poverty line really is. And much more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 7 days ago

Justice in the Age of Retribution with Andy McCarthy

The ‘National Review’ columnist breaks down the prosecutions against President Trump, the lawfare he’s wrought, and the steps needed to rebuild a legal system that has lost Americans’ trust. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 7 days ago

A Fed Chair the Markets Will Love

They say the job of the Fed is to take the punch bowl away when the market gets crazy. But if Kevin Hassett replaces Jerome Powell next year, expect him to keep pouring. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 7 days ago

Killing Narco Speedboat Survivors Is a War Crime

A recent Washington Post story alleged that the Navy killed two men clinging to a boat that was bombed by the U.S. No matter the rationale, says our legal columnist, that’s murder, pure and simple. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 7 days ago