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Frannie Block

New York

Reporter at The Free Press

Articles

  • 1 day ago | thefp.com | Frannie Block |Jay Solomon

    On Wednesday, Donald Trump will travel to Qatar. On his trip, the president will visit Al Udeid Air Base, the largest American military facility in the region, and attend meetings with the ruling Al Thani family. Perhaps he will also thank them for the $400 million gift of a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet that will reportedly be retrofitted for his use, and then transferred to his presidential library. The airplane deal was signed off by Attorney General Pam Bondi.

  • 1 day ago | open.substack.com | Frannie Block

    On Wednesday, Donald Trump will travel to Qatar. On his trip, the president will visit Al Udeid Air Base, the largest American military facility in the region, and attend meetings with the ruling Al Thani family. Perhaps he will also thank them for the $400 million gift of a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet that will reportedly be retrofitted for his use, and then transferred to his presidential library. The airplane deal was signed off by Attorney General Pam Bondi.

  • 1 week ago | thefp.com | Frannie Block

    I Reported on Racial Politics in This Illinois School District. Now It’s Under Federal Investigation. None of my sources are fans of the president. But some welcome his administration’s investigation into the district.

  • 2 weeks ago | lucianne.com | Frannie Block

    Original ArticlePosted By: ConservativeYankee, 4/28/2025 10:29:35 AMForeign donors have given as much to U.S. universities in the last four years as they did in the previous 40, according to a new report by the Network Contagion Research Institute shared exclusively with The Free Press. The study shows an explosion in overseas funding for American schools between 2021 and 2024, with nearly $29 billion in foreign money donated during that period.

  • 2 weeks ago | thefp.com | Frannie Block |Maya Sulkin

    Revealed: The Explosion in Foreign Funding for U.S. UniversitiesForeign countries such as China and Qatar have poured $29 billion into campuses over the past few years. ‘Hostile powers are buying influence on American campuses at an industrial scale.’Foreign donors have given as much to U.S. universities in the last four years as they did in the previous 40, according to a new report by the Network Contagion Research Institute shared exclusively with The Free Press.