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Will Republicans Renounce Max Miller?
The GOP congressman’s ex-wife has accused him of assault amid a custody battle. He has denied the claims and said he’ll stay in his race.
Audrey Fahlberg
Weed Is Everywhere. For Now.
For the first time on record, more Americans get high every day than drink or smoke. But there’s something everyone missed in the data—the days of legal…
Charles Fain Lehman
America Is Not Prepared for a War on Our Water
A suspected Iranian attack on water systems across America should be a wake-up call for us all.
Seth M. Siegel
The Black Voters Who Could Decide the Country’s Biggest Democratic Primary
Trailing in the polls behind progressive insurgent Abdul El-Sayed, Haley Stevens is hoping black voters can save her. Olivia Reingold reports from…
Olivia Reingold
He Made Videos for Mamdani and Piker—and Loves the CCP
Now living in Shanghai, Eric Hovagim grew up privileged and was well educated before veering off in a radically anti-capitalist, conspiratorial, and…
Tanner Nau
Exclusive: DHS Secretary Tried to Cancel 250th July 4 Celebration over Weather Concerns, Infuriating Trump
Markwayne Mullin was brought in to steady the agency. Yet some of his moves have caused tension inside the administration.
Audrey Fahlberg
Pleading the Fifth Won’t Spare Fauci from the Truth
He claims his Senate hearing was a witch hunt designed to entrap him. But his record convicts him on its own.
Eli Lake
‘Nixonmaxxing’ Is More than a Meme
Renewed interest in the disgraced 37th president isn’t about the past. It’s about the future.
Will Rahn
The Fauci Diaries
The private musings of the former top U.S. science adviser are now available to the public. They reveal a fame-obsessed official—and a mainstream media…
The Editors
Trump’s Pro-Union Agenda Is Over. Its Former Leader Is Still in the Game.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer was picked by a union boss to lead Trump’s labor policy, until it all went awry. Now she tells The Free Press what comes next.
Audrey Fahlberg
The Inside Story of How Democrats Lost the Working Class
I spent my entire career helping progressives get elected. Then I watched my party abandon everything it claimed to stand for.
Evan Barker
Why Mamdani Thinks a Millionaire Is Working Class
The socialist mayor says anyone earning less than $1 million a year is working class. In reality, the label has little to do with how much money you…
Rob Henderson
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