The Federalist

The Federalist is an online magazine published in English that focuses on topics such as politics, policy, culture, and religion. It was co-founded by Ben Domenech and Sean Davis, with notable senior editors like David Harsanyi and Mollie Hemingway. Domenech has stated that the publication offers a perspective that challenges mainstream media viewpoints, emphasizing the importance of exploring the philosophical foundations behind current discussions rather than merely concentrating on electoral outcomes or individual personalities.

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Rejecting Santa Ono At U-Florida Shows We're Done With DEI

1 day ago | thefederalist.com | Julianna Frieman

In a decision that reverberated throughout academia, on June 3 the Florida Board of Governors rejected Santa Ono’s candidacy for 14th president of the University of Florida. For many, this marked the latest and most potent example of a cultural counterrevolution — a quiet but forceful rejection of the ideological monoculture that has long dominated American universities.
Media, Dems Breathlessly Defend Ship Named After Pederast

1 day ago | thefederalist.com | Breccan Thies

The Democrats and the corporate media came out guns blazing with a temper tantrum about how a U.S. Navy vessel may no longer be named after gay pedophile Harvey Milk.
SCOTUS Needs To Protect Parent Rights Like It Did 100 Years Ago

1 day ago | thefederalist.com | Breccan Thies

THE SUPREME COURT — One hundred years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized that parents have the fundamental right to raise and educate their children, and that the government cannot force its schools on them. In 1925, when Pierce v. Society of Sisters was decided, government-run schools were likely not the potent kinds of indoctrination mills they are infamously known as today, but that does not mean the government did not still want to control the upbringing of America’s children.
Wray Lied About Extent Of FBI's Anti-Catholic Surveillance

1 day ago | thefederalist.com | Breccan Thies

Former President Joe Biden’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) engaged in a cover-up to hide the sweeping nature of its anti-Catholic surveillance effort, where former director Christopher Wray appears to have lied to Congress claiming the operation was contained to a single memorandum. New documents released by Sen.
WI Judge Facing Federal Charges Has Case Of Judicial Privilege

2 days ago | thefederalist.com | M.D. Kittle

Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan last month entered a not guilty plea to charges of helping an illegal immigrant facing battery allegations evade federal law enforcement authorities. Even if she did sneak previously-deported Mexican national Eduardo Flores-Ruiz out the back door of her Milwaukee courtroom as she is accused of doing, her attorneys claim she “has absolute immunity from criminal prosecution.” Not quite, says constitutional law expert Hans von Spakovsky.
Suit Challenges UT Mandate Of 'Culturally Appropriate' Research

2 days ago | thefederalist.com | Beth Brelje

Witnessing the life-and-death cultural roadblocks experienced by Ethiopian women in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) moved Idil Issak to advocate for them. That is why she is seeking a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. But now the school’s “unconstitutional licensing scheme” threatens to prevent her from using her free speech rights to help these women, a lawsuit alleges.
Press Believes That Only Violent Illegals Should Be Deported

2 days ago | thefederalist.com | Brianna Lyman

An article published Monday in The New Republic by Edith Olmsted said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) “biggest operation to date was also a huge failure.”The “failure” in question? That during a month-long operation in Massachusetts, ICE arrested 1,461 illegal aliens — of whom 54 percent had “criminal convictions or charges.”“Meanwhile, 277 detainees, or about 19 percent, had received final orders of removal or deportation,” Olmsted wrote.
Trump Appeals 'Flawed' Injunction That Would Block Firings

2 days ago | thefederalist.com | Breccan Thies

The Trump administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow it to continue with its plan to fire thousands of federal workers in an effort to stop waste, fraud, and abuse after a federal district judge issued an injunction stopping Trump from doing one of the primary things he was elected to do.
Georgia Mayor Indicted After Shutting Down Special Election

3 days ago | thefederalist.com | M.D. Kittle

The mayor of a small southwest Georgia city and two former election officials are now free on bond after being indicted on multiple counts of election interference and conspiring to shut down a special election in November.
Media That Obsessed Over Elon’s Salute Downplay Antisemitism

3 days ago | thefederalist.com | Beth Brelje

On Sunday an illegal alien named Mohamed Soliman allegedly shouted, “Free Palestine” and used a makeshift flamethrower to set a crowd of Jews on fire in Boulder, Colorado.