WATCH: Inside Iran’s Violent Crackdown

Watch now: The number of casualties over the weekend reached an unprecedented 12,000 people nationwide, according to leaked internal figures. | Continue reading


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This Week in Canada: Are We Next for the ‘Donroe Doctrine’?

Donald Trump isn’t just trolling us anymore, writes Rupa Subramanya in her latest This Week from Canada newsletter. We also are losing our minds, not just our clothes, about Grok. | Continue reading


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Why 2026 Could Prove as Important as 1989. Plus. . .

Arthur Brooks on why you’ve given up your new year’s resolutions. Kat Rosenfield on the ‘Disneyfication’ of politics. The left’s Iran blind spot. And much more. | Continue reading


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Why 2026 Could Prove as Important as 1989

The year the Berlin Wall came down marked the end of one epoch and the start of another. This year could do the same. | Continue reading


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Is Woke Back?

Two podcasters had to apologize for inoffensive comments about a black congresswoman. River Page asks whether wokeness is making a comeback. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 17 hours ago

Minneapolis Isn’t a Movie

There is a pervasive sense that ICE agents are more like cartoon villains than legitimate law enforcement. The killing of Renee Nicole Good proved this a dangerous illusion. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 18 hours ago

Trump’s War on Liberal Nonprofits Collides with Reality

Legal constraints and donor backlash have snarled Trump’s push to investigate left-leaning groups blamed for political violence, writes Gabe Kaminsky. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 18 hours ago

America’s Vanishing Church

Mainline Protestantism tried to reject the extremes of evangelical Christianity while also resisting the pull toward nonreligion. In doing so, it accelerated its own demise, writes Ryan P. Burge in an excerpt from his new book. | Continue reading


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Will the Iranian Regime Fall?

Iran’s security forces have killed at least 2,000 protesters in a brutal crackdown. Can the protesters prevail—and will it take U.S. military intervention to tip the balance? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 21 hours ago

How Trump and Mamdani Are Tag-Teaming Landlords

Populists blame investors for high prices and poor conditions, but their anti-market policies would worsen the problem. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 21 hours ago

Trump’s Dangerous Attack on the Fed

The probe into Jerome Powell is a pretext to control the central bank. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 22 hours ago

The Left’s Deafening Silence on Iran

Yascha Mounk searched five major progressive publications for coverage of Iran’s uprising. Combined results: zero. | Continue reading


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Arthur Brooks: The Problem with Your New Year’s Resolution

It’s the second week of 2026. You probably already broke your resolution. That’s because you made one that was destined to fail, writes Arthur Brooks for The Free Press. | Continue reading


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A World on Fire, from Tehran to Caracas. Plus. . .

Olivia Reingold, Jed Rubenfeld, and others on the killing of Renee Good. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 day ago

Maduro Is Gone. The Mafia State Remains.

Venezuelan human rights leader Thor Halvorssen explains the high-stakes transition now unfolding after Maduro’s capture. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 day ago

The Killing of Renee Good—and a City on Edge

Minneapolis is the site of the largest ICE operation in history. Residents have responded by forming neighborhood watch groups. Now one of them is dead. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 day ago

The ICE Shooter’s Trauma Is No Defense

Law enforcement officers must bring reasonable judgment to every encounter, no matter their past experiences. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 day ago

How Minnesota Became the Center of Everything

Minnesota is ‘perfectly purple,’ so we are in the bull’s-eye of America’s deeply frayed and fractured politics, writes Dave Kansas. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 day ago

Kyiv’s Citizens Aren’t Going Anywhere

Under attack from missiles and drones, Ukrainians still reject an ‘unjust peace,’ Aidan Stretch reports from Kyiv. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 day ago

Donald Trump’s Red Line

Time to make good on your promise to the Iranian people, Mr. President. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 day ago

The Problem with Trump’s Venezuela Plan

The president is relying on the current regime to guide a transition to a Venezuela that is a free, democratic, prosperous, capitalist U.S. ally. That’s absurd. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 day ago

Venezuela’s Oil Industry Is Not Hopeless

If U.S. oil companies come around, the oil fields are ready for a revival. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 day ago

In Venezuela, Dissent Is as Hard as Ever

‘Even smiling is cause for suspicion.’ A firsthand account of life in Venezuela in the days following the capture of Nicolás Maduro. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 day ago

Things Worth Remembering: ‘Good Night, World’

Jacob Glatstein’s 1938 poem ‘Good Night, World’ reads today as a warning and a responsibility: Night for the Jews is night for the values a free society claims to uphold, writes Ruth Wisse for The Free Press. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 days ago

The Legal Stakes for the Minneapolis ICE Shooter

Is he immune from prosecution? Can he justify the second and third shots in court? Here’s a legal analysis from Jed Rubenfeld. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 days ago

Will the Regime in Iran Fall? History Offers Some Clues.

Significant revolutions in world history all have had telltale signs, and we can see them in Iran, writes Simon Sebag Montefiore. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

The Weekend Press: The Boys Breaking Their Bones to Be Hotter

In today's Weekend Press: The boys breaking their bones to be hotter. Suzy Weiss on the return of ‘Industry.’ Eli Lake visits an eccentric military strategist at home. And more! | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

Two Drinks with . . . the Last Great Military Strategist

Edward Luttwak has worked with everyone from the Pentagon to the Israel Defense Forces. Over Campari sodas with Eli Lake, he mused on Venezuela, the wisdom of cattle, and President Trump’s linguistic offenses. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

Get Real Friends, Not Mom Cliques

Ashley Tisdale’s breakup with her famous mom group struck a nerve. But the real problem is that grown women are still forming cliques at all, writes Dana Schuster for The Free Press. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

The Renaissance of the Finance Bro

Finance bros are so back. Plus, the gym trying to stay relevant, in defense of boredom, Ashley Tisdale’s mommy drama, and more from our culture columnist Suzy Weiss. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

The Boys Breaking Their Bones to Be Hotter

In online forums for ‘looksmaxxers,’ teenage boys share tips on how to get jacked, sharpen your jawline, and suppress your appetite with meth. River Page reports on the new movement. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

Ancient Wisdom: Retire Like a Libertarian

A group of friends, work I care about, my belief in free markets—and beach volleyball—all help me deal with aging, writes John Stossel. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

Iranians Take to the Streets. What Comes Next?

Michael Doran and Roya Hakakian on what the protests roiling Iran mean—and what comes next. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

The Ayatollah’s Regime Is Crumbling

No matter what happens now, there is no scenario in which the Islamic Republic survives 2026 with its power intact, writes Michael Doran. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

A Man Should Know: How to Speak from the Heart

When someone speaks to you from the heart, you know it. Say something real. Elliot Ackerman gives his tips for how to give a speech. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Fear, Humiliation and Trump: Why Iran’s Regime Could Fall

Iranians have been here before. But could the latest round of protests finally topple the Ayatollah? Roya Hakakian explains. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Arthur Brooks: Five Steps to a Happy Life

Make a routine. Get physical. Get metaphysical. Live with your grandchildren. And never, ever go to a work dinner. Read all about the five small steps Arthur Brooks took to get happier. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

TGIF: Eat Real Food

The new tenant protector needs your keys. Welcome to Situation Room South. Dairy is back on the table. The Israelis and Syrians are going into hospitality. The Ritz-Carlton in Portland, and more in this week's TGIF. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

The Right to Laugh: A Free Press Celebration of America

Get your tickets for a night laughing with (or at) America with Judy Gold, Colin Quinn, and more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Mark Hyman: The U.S. Government Tells the Truth About Food

For decades, federal dietary policy fomented chronic obesity and illness. Now, it’s acknowledged a basic reality: What we eat matters more than how many calories we count, writes Dr. Mark Hyman. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Tough Love: My Catholic Daughter Is No Longer a Virgin

A father is afraid his 18-year-old is ‘choosing infatuation and sin over love of God.’ Our advice columnist responds. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

The Right Response to the Minneapolis ICE Shooting. Plus. . .

Should you follow RFK’s new dietary guidelines? Mamdani’s wild first week. Tyler Cowen on Greenland. And much more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

Why ‘Middlemarch’ Changed This Catholic Priest’s Life

The case for reading this 900-page Victorian novel. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

Can the ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Make South America Better Off?

Building up South America is worth more than plundering it. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

The Right Response to the Minneapolis ICE Shooting

Kristi Noem and Jacob Frey react to a shooting with the speed and logic of the internet. Americans deserve better. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

Why We Threw Out the Broken Food Pyramid

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and the agency’s top deputy, Kyle Diamantas, write that the federal government’s new dietary guidelines mark “a major step toward ending the medical dogma and restoring the basics of nutrition.” | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

Has the Food Pyramid Been Fixed? Or Is It Even More Broken?

Ezekiel Emanuel, Lucy McBride, Vani Hari, and Nina Teicholz on America’s new dietary guidelines. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

Tyler Cowen: ‘Buying’ Greenland Is Not an Option

Greenlanders will prosper under U.S. rule, but they need to be persuaded, not threatened, writes Tyler Cowen. | Continue reading


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