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09.18.25 — The Front Page

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It’s Thursday, September 18. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Today: Why is Gen Z out of work? Charlie Kirk and Judaism. An afternoon with Woody Allen. And much more.

But first: Arrested, chained, and deported.

Over the last few weeks, Free Press reporter Frannie Block and freel…

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