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H.R. McMaster on Trump: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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Bari Weiss

— 01.16.25

NYC’s Mayor Gets His Eyebrows Done

Olivia Reingold

— 01.15.25

Climate Change Did Not Cause the LA Fires

Emily Yoffe

— 01.15.25

I Joined TikTok Refugees on RedNote. Here’s What It’s Like.

I don’t know what I was expecting, but it wasn’t this.

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City on Fire

Climate Change Did Not Cause the LA Fires

A scientist says the climate is not broken; we need fossil fuels; and bad policy led to the fires.

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Emily Yoffe

— 01.15.25

WATCH: Why Is the Santa Ynez Reservoir Empty?

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Austyn Jeffs

— 01.11.25

WATCH: Inside the LA Firefighters’ Base Camp

Austyn Jeffs

— 01.15.25

Letters to the Editor: The Fires Weren’t Inevitable

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The Free Press

— 01.13.25

‘You Can Taste the Fires in the Back of Your Throat’

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Peter Savodnik

— 01.08.25

WATCH: ‘We Are Operating on Adrenaline, Caffeine, and Donuts’

Austyn Jeffs

— 01.13.25

What’s Left of My House

Meghan Daum

— 01.12.25

L.A. Was Built to Burn

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Leighton Woodhouse

— 01.12.25

Peter Savodnik

— 01.13.25

The Tiger Mother Roars Back

Yale tried to run Amy Chua out. Now her former students, J.D. Vance and Vivek Ramaswamy, are headed to Washington. So is she.

U.S. Politics

WATCH: H.R. McMaster on Trump—the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The former national security adviser on freeing the Israeli hostages, taking on Vladimir Putin, and the ‘competitive sycophancy’ of the Trump White…

Michael Moynihan

— 01.17.25

The Evolution of Marco Rubio

Once a hawk, the senator promises to be a ‘clear-eyed’ pragmatist as Trump’s secretary of state. Eli Lake reports on his confirmation hearing.

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Eli Lake

— 01.16.25

Climate Change Did Not Cause the LA Fires

A scientist says the climate is not broken; we need fossil fuels; and bad policy led to the fires.

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Emily Yoffe

— 01.15.25

Inside Biden’s Billion-Dollar Broadband Boondoggle

The president promised to connect rural Americans to the internet. But ‘woke leftist policies’ have helped prevent the $42 billion scheme from servicing…

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Madeleine Rowley

— 01.15.25

Pete Hegseth Shows His Hand

Six weeks ago, the DOD nominee seemed dead in the water. His confirmation hearing showed how he revived his chances.

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Eli Lake

— 01.15.25

International

Matti Friedman: Israel’s Prisoner’s Dilemma

To free its people, Israel negotiates with terrorists and releases murderers. Is that a strength or a weakness?

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Matti Friedman

— 01.17.25

WATCH: What Do Russians Think of the War?

We went to Moscow to find out.

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Tanya Lukyanova

— 01.16.25

The Hostage Deal Is the Price of Israel’s Failures

The sacrifices of this proposed agreement are the cost of Israel’s weakness on October 7, Michael Oren writes.

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Michael Oren

— 01.15.25

Night Falls in Venezuela

Nicolás Maduro, the architect of the country’s despair, was sworn in to power once again. The fight for democracy endures—but just barely.

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Roberto Ampuero

— 01.12.25

Things Worth Remembering: The Dangers of Multiculturalism

Crimes society refuses to deal with are the ones that go against some deep narrative of the age. I know it. I’ve seen it.

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Douglas Murray

— 01.12.25

Raising Parents with Emily Oster

Ep 8: Should You Have Kids?

For most of human history, having kids wasn’t much of a choice.

Breaking History

Honestly with Bari Weiss

H.R. McMaster on Trump: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Very few people have worked closely with President-elect Donald Trump, gotten fired, and walked away with a pretty balanced view of him.

The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling

Chapter 7: What If You're Wrong?

Host Megan Phelps-Roper asks J.K.

Raising Parents with Emily Oster

Ep 8: Should You Have Kids?

For most of human history, having kids wasn’t much of a choice.

Breaking History

Honestly with Bari Weiss

H.R. McMaster on Trump: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Very few people have worked closely with President-elect Donald Trump, gotten fired, and walked away with a pretty balanced view of him.

The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling

Chapter 7: What If You're Wrong?

Host Megan Phelps-Roper asks J.K.

I Joined TikTok Refugees on RedNote. Here’s What It’s Like.

Culture

I don’t know what I was expecting, but it wasn’t this.

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The Momfluencer Who Went to Jail

— 01.15.25

Shari Franke’s mom put her childhood online for millions to see. Now, her account of the abuse she endured holds up a mirror to parents everywhere.

Kat Rosenfield

— 01.17.25

The Girlboss Is Sleeping with the Intern

The middle-aged man who bangs the intern is contemptible. But in ‘Babygirl,’ his female counterpart is daring.

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Kat Rosenfield

— 01.09.25

Porn Is Inevitable

The Supreme Court is about to decide if requiring age verifications on explicit sites is unconstitutional. But whatever happens, porn will survive.

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How Intellectuals Found God

— 01.14.25

Almost 150 years after Nietzsche said ‘God is dead,’ some of our most important thinkers are getting religion. Peter Savodnik meets the new theists.

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Peter Savodnik

— 12.28.24

FP in Israel

Bari Weiss meets Palestinians | FP in Israel

Earlier this year, Bari Weiss and a team of Free Press journalists visited Israel. The result was a series of films, podcasts, and written articles called “FP in Israel.”

Swing State Debates

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.

FP Live

The Free Press Live: December 4th, 2024

Join Michael Moynihan and Batya Ungar-Sargon as they sit down with guests including Michael Knowles, Rod Dreher, and Geoffrey Cain.

The America Debates

Our Next Live Debate: Should the U.S. Still Police the World?

Bret Stephens vs. Matt Taibbi October 9 in New York City. Plus: Watch this week’s debate on the economy now!

Ben Meets America

Should Fifth Graders Learn What It Means to Be Transgender?

Ben Kawaller meets an education activist who wants kids to be taught that sex is assigned and gender is a social construct.

Hezbollah's Hostages

WATCH Hezbollah’s Hostages Season Finale: A World Without the Terror Group

History proves that tyranny can be overthrown. With Hezbollah now weakened, the brave dissidents of our series ask: How can we push for real political change?

FP in Israel

Bari Weiss meets Palestinians | FP in Israel

Earlier this year, Bari Weiss and a team of Free Press journalists visited Israel. The result was a series of films, podcasts, and written articles called “FP in Israel.”

Swing State Debates

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.