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Mene Ukueberuwa
Mene Ukueberuwa is the politics editor of The Free Press. He was previously a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board, and an editor at City Journal and The New Criterion.
mene@thefp.com
Is Donald Trump Tired of Winning?
From his endorsement of Ken Paxton to the White House ballroom, the president is putting his own priorities ahead of his party’s.
Mene Ukueberuwa
‘Reverse Racism’ in Employment and Admissions Is Still Racism
Federal inquiries into ‘The New York Times’ and UCLA show the Trump administration is taking anti-white discrimination seriously.
Mene Ukueberuwa
Who Really Killed Spirit Airlines?
Biden’s antitrust cops promised that blocking a JetBlue-Spirit merger would help consumers. We’re seeing the results.
Mene Ukueberuwa
Who Needs a Presidential Library?
Free Press editors Nick Clairmont and Mene Ukueberuwa debate whether we really need libraries honoring Donald Trump and Barack Obama.
Nicholas Clairmont and Mene Ukueberuwa
Democrats Can’t Turn Texas Blue—but Republicans Can
Nominating Ken Paxton, a crass and corrupt politician, would risk a longtime GOP Senate seat. It’s happened before in other solid red states.
Mene Ukueberuwa
Terror on the Upper East Side
Two men inspired by ISIS tried to detonate homemade bombs yesterday in Manhattan. But you wouldn’t know that from New York City’s mayor.
Mene Ukueberuwa
Trump Didn’t Lose in Minnesota
The chaos in Minneapolis created the gravest political crisis of Trump’s second term. On policy, there’s more to the story.
Mene Ukueberuwa
Things Worth Remembering: ‘White Christmas’ Is a World War II Anthem
Today, we see it as a quintessential secular Christmas song. To its original audience in 1941, however, the lyrics were impossible not to associate with…
Mene Ukueberuwa
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