Seven Objects—And What They Say About the Election

The Trump Bible, Kamala’s coconut tree, and J.D. Vance’s couch. Our reporters nominate symbols that sum up this insane race. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 19 days ago

Law Student Faces Expulsion for ‘Aggressive Pointing’

Title IX laws were created to protect women from discrimination. Now they’re being used to punish acts once seen as ‘completely protected speech.’ | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 19 days ago

Swing State Debates Series Finale: Is the American Dream Still Alive?

In my final episode, Ohio voters battle over which party enables success in the richest country on Earth. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 19 days ago

The Art of the Bullshitter

Sure, Donald Trump is the greatest bullshitter of the modern age, but he stands on the shoulders of giants, from P.T. Barnum to Bill Clinton. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 19 days ago

Things Worth Remembering: Whoever Loses, They Should Lose Like Nixon

Grace in defeat is important for democracy. Both presidential candidates must be prepared to accept America’s choice next week. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 19 days ago

Whatever Happens, Love Thy Neighbor

I’m a Democrat living in a red, rural county. Trump supporters have mowed my lawn, walked my dog, and eroded my prejudices with their humanity. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 20 days ago

Trump and the Art of the Bullshitter

Bullshit is an American tradition. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 21 days ago

Douglas Murray: What the British Government Wouldn’t Say

Over the summer, UK police threatened people who dared to speculate about the background of a killer. Now, they’ve admitted that he possessed an al-Qaeda manual. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 21 days ago

TGIF: We’re All Garbage

Panic at WaPo, mystery fires at ballot boxes in Portland, civics class at the Danbury Federal Correctional Institution, and much, much more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 21 days ago

The AI Chatbots Are Rooting for Kamala

We asked artificial intelligence platforms which candidate has the ‘right’ solutions to the election’s most pressing issues: Trump or Harris? The answers were almost unanimous. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 22 days ago

Joe Biden’s Deplorable Moment

Media spin doctors rushed to the president’s defense after he called Donald Trump’s supporters ‘garbage.’ | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 22 days ago

School Choice Is Usually a Conservative Issue. Not in Kentucky.

Inner-city Democrats say state money for private education will ‘save their kids.’ Rural Republicans claim it will ‘devastate’ them. Meet the parents crossing party lines over an Election Day ballot. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 24 days ago

Is Election Betting Bad for Democracy?

To the contrary. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 24 days ago

Trump Says Crime Is Up. Harris Says It’s Down. Who’s Right?

What’s the truth about crime in America? In a highly polarized election year, the answer is often: What do you want it to be? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 24 days ago

‘Swing State Debates’ Episode Five: The Youth Vote in Michigan

While talking to Generation Z voters, I discovered a troubling consequence of our political divide: Liberal students are often barely familiar with the ideas they are against. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 24 days ago

Trump or Harris? Ben Shapiro and Sam Harris Debate. Plus. . .

Announcing our election night live show. How to tackle childhood obesity. Coleman Hughes on Puerto Rico’s rigged statehood election. And more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 24 days ago

Trump or Kamala? Ben Shapiro and Sam Harris Debate.

There are no perfect candidates. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 25 days ago

Donald Trump or Kamala Harris? Ben Shapiro and Sam Harris Debate.

Can you think of a debate between a Trump supporter and a Harris supporter that was passionate and provocative, but also civil and respectful? Here’s one you’ll appreciate. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 25 days ago

Diets Are Bad. Ignoring Childhood Obesity Is Even Worse.

Activists tell parents not to ‘fat shame’ an overweight child or make them go on a diet. But parents who refuse to tackle the issue are putting their kids’ lives at risk. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 25 days ago

How the Democrats Rigged the Vote in Puerto Rico

The island has long been divided between those citizens who want statehood and those who want the status quo. Yet in an upcoming referendum, the status quo option has mysteriously disappeared. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 25 days ago

Is There Really a Plot to Use Migrants to Turn America Blue?

A top GOP talking point of this election is that Democrats are rigging the vote through illegal immigration. Is there any truth to it? Peter Savodnik sorts the facts from the conspiracy theories. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 25 days ago

Sally Rooney’s Literary Mob. How Progressives Blew It. And More.

Essays by Lionel Shriver and Ruy Teixeira. Plus: Martin Gurri on Cuba’s new dark age and Jay Solomon on an eyebrow-raising transfer at the Pentagon. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 25 days ago

The Curious Case of Ariane Tabatabai

A senior Pentagon official faced scrutiny when her past ties to Iran came to light. Is that why she’s been transferred? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 26 days ago

How Progressives Blew It

Defund the police. An open border. Identity politics. End the use of fossil fuels. Is it any wonder America turned against the progressive movement? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 26 days ago

Sally Rooney’s Literary Mob

A group of celebrated writers is calling for a boycott of the Israeli publishing industry. Count me out. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 26 days ago

WATCH Hezbollah’s Hostages: The Lebanese Women Who Took to the Streets

Five years ago they rose up to save their country, only to be crushed by the terrorist group. Now, they’re calling on the world to hear their plea. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 26 days ago

Gad Saad Survived War in Lebanon. He’s Warning About One in the West

The professor reveals how universities turned into hotbeds of ‘parasitic ideas’—and why we must fight against becoming ‘fully zombified.’ | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 26 days ago

Things Worth Remembering: T.S. Eliot Put His World Back Together Again

If America feels a sense of impending doom, the greatest poet of the twentieth century can help us put history in perspective. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 26 days ago

Should the U.S. Still Police the World? A Live Debate.

We don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that we’re standing at the precipice of what could be a third world war. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 27 days ago

Niall Ferguson: Israel’s Iran Strike—and America’s Strategic Weakness

Once again, Israel appears to have ignored Washington’s advice. Once again, that decision has paid off. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 27 days ago

A Voyage to a Failed American Kingdom

For the second installment of ‘Falling Back in Love with America,’ the Hickmans visit the most isolated, permanently inhabited island on all five Great Lakes. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 27 days ago

Magazine that Rejected ‘Israel’ Ad Promoted ‘Antisemitic’ Book

Outlet that said a Jewish book could ‘cause trouble’ advertised a book that teaches kids ‘intifada’ means ‘rising up for what is right.’ | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 28 days ago

The Free Press Live: October 25, 2024

Join Michael Moynihan as he sits down with guests including Nellie Bowles, Olivia Reingold, and Sean Patrick Cooper. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 28 days ago

TGIF: The McDonald’s Election

Trump works the fries, the USDA refocuses, the national debt balloons, Canada kills, Kamala enlists a Brit, Facebook does some censoring for old times’ sake, and much, much more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 28 days ago

Martin Gurri: Cuba Enters the Dark Ages

It isn’t just the power grid that’s failing. The entire infrastructure of the country—its entire Communist system—is crumbling to dust. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 29 days ago

She Was Arrested for Praying in Her Head

Citizens in the UK have been arrested, prosecuted, and convicted for silently praying outside abortion clinics. Even organizing pro-life meetings in your own home may be a criminal offense. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 29 days ago

Trump’s Revenge Fantasies and Kamala’s Incoherence

The dangers of a presidential candidate’s threats of retribution. Martin Gurri on the VP’s fogbound foreign policy. And much more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 29 days ago

Gad Saad Survived War in Lebanon. He’s Warning About One in the West.

Gad Saad was born in Beirut in 1964 into one of the last Jewish families to remain in Lebanon. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 month ago

Donald Trump’s Revenge Fantasies

The former president says he wants to punish his political rivals. Does he mean it? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 month ago

The World According to Kamala Harris

Our vice president’s foreign policy is a fogbound, incomprehensible place. Any action, any step forward, may lead to danger—or worse, political failure. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 month ago

Ad for Israel Book Canceled Because ‘Customers Might Complain’

Magazine rejects advertisement for Bernard-Henri Lévy’s work because it will give booksellers ‘trouble they haven’t asked for and don’t wish to have.’ | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 month ago

How BLM Blew $90 Million. Plus. . .

Emily Oster asks: Are smartphones stealing childhood? The New York Times fails to disclose a source’s ties to Hamas. And more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 month ago

BLM Collected Over $90 Million in Donations. Where Did It Go?

As its leaders spent the money on tailored suits, birthday parties, and ‘big ass’ mansions, almost none of it went to the cause. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 month ago

Why Is ‘The New York Times’ Not Disclosing a Source’s Ties to Hamas?

The NYT, NBC News, and Al Jazeera all called the same man to explain strife in Gaza: Hussein Owda. None revealed that he worked for the Hamas-controlled government. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 month ago

Swing State Debates Episode Four: The Jewish Vote in Pennsylvania

I went to Pittsburgh to find out whether the rise in antisemitism post–October 7 will sway voters to back Kamala Harris—or Donald Trump. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 month ago

To the Normies, the Spoils!

How to break the political deadlock? Just be normal. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 month ago

To the Normies, the Spoils! Plus. . .

Elon’s million-dollar checks and Kamala’s megadonors. ‘60 Minutes’ keeps stonewalling. Blackouts in Cuba. And much more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 month ago

How Hezbollah Is Destroying Lebanon

In the last year, we’ve witnessed a disturbing trend among some on the fringe left, who cheer those they think are resisting Western imperialism. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 month ago