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As the grim third anniversary of October 7 befalls a decimated Gaza Strip, the state of the discourse among many in the so-called “pro-Palestine” movement remains as embarrassing, dismal, and disastrous as it was when Hamas initiated the attack in 2023.

The Free Press has published numerous stories on the ordeals faced by the Israeli hostages seized by Hamas on October 7, 2023.

On August 1, 2026, Lihi Asraf found her brother, Bar, lying on the grave of his best friend, Liron Barda.

I am a professor of engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who discovered, in the aftermath of the massacre of Israelis on October 7, 2023, that the university where I have taught for 48 years was rife with defenders, supporters, a…

In the weeks following the October 7, 2023 pogrom, President Joe Biden was in full solidarity with the target, Israel.

“I don’t know how to tell you this, but you’re kind of acting like a slut.”

This weekend, the Green Party of England and Wales crossed a line.

Welcome back to This Week in Canada, where breaking up is still hard to do despite Quebec’s election results; we are worrying way too much about Trump’s machinations; and more.

It’s Tuesday, October 6.

Three years after October 7, the deadliest terror attack in Israeli history looms large over the Jewish state’s upcoming election.

ITHACA, New York — A sea of students hangs on every word as Saya Taylor, an 18-year-old Cornell University student, urged them to think beyond the trauma of the past few weeks.

Right-wing parties are ascending across Europe, with some already playing a role in governing the continent’s most powerful countries, and others poised to do so soon.

Effective altruism is the phrase of the last few weeks.

Warnings about an approaching war with Russia have swept through Europe during recent weeks, propagated by presidents, opposition figures, and the news media alike.

On September 18, Jon Lovett, the former Barack Obama speechwriter and host of the political comedy podcast Lovett or Leave It, welcomed left-wing personality Hasan Piker to his show, calling Piker “the star of this year’s midterm elections” and “America’s…

It’s Monday, October 5.

Three years ago this week, Hamas launched an invasion that Israel’s own intelligence services considered essentially impossible.

For the past few days, France has been burning.

On August 31, 2023, Yigal Carmon, a counterterrorism adviser to Israeli prime ministers Yitzhak Shamir and Yitzhak Rabin more than a generation ago, published a warning on the website of his think tank, the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).

For years, the American Psychological Association has had a problem it has been unable or unwilling to address, summed up by Rep.

It started with a tiny blue bottle next to the cash register at a 7-Eleven.

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I don’t need to read one more text message or police report about what happened in the Chi Phi house at Cornell University two years ago.

Great literature, and I suppose all art, ages well with time.

Welcome to Two Drinks, the column where The Free Press catches up with a newsmaker, trendsetter, or power broker.

It’s Friday, October 2.

In January this year, the coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers resigned, following 19 seasons at the helm.

On September 29, President Donald Trump and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), commanded by Major General Ahmad Vahidi, each claimed victory.

On Wednesday night, the state of Tennessee failed to execute Christa Pike, a convicted murderer, despite giving her a double dose of a drug that was meant to kill her.

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How do you fight a superpower you can’t afford to stop trading with?

Last week, Taylor Swift released four brand-new songs—and the public immediately panned them.

It’s much harder to kill an otherwise healthy adult human being than you probably think.

It started with a tiny blue bottle next to the cash register at a 7-Eleven.

I first arrived in Iraq in June 2004, as the insurgency in al-Anbar Province was raging.

Few debates today are as fraught as whether gender identity should override biological sex in law and public life.

Dear Abigail, My husband and I are struggling deeply with the question of whether or not we want more kids.

It’s Thursday, October 1.

Recently, a 27-year-old Anthropic employee posted on X that AI could end humanity.

At 8 p.m. on Saturday night, Victoria Ingalls heard a banging sound at her front door.

Late on the afternoon of April 19, 1971, Richard Nixon picked up the White House telephone and told his deputy attorney general, Richard Kleindienst, to kill a federal antitrust case against the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (ITT).

Have you ever scrolled through Instagram, stopped on a post for a second and thought “What an AWFUL person,” then gone about your day?

Israel averted tragedy Wednesday morning when passengers aboard a plane bound for Tel Aviv thwarted an attempted hijacking by the co-pilot, a suspected terrorist.

Around 8:20 a.m. local time on Wednesday morning, a flight bound from Dubai to Tel Aviv sent out an emergency signal, alerting Israeli air traffic controllers to an attempted hijacking.

It’s Wednesday, September 30, and for the first time in over 20 years, someone has tried to hijack a plane bound for Israel.

It’s Wednesday, September 30.

Washington, D.C., is a “tough” and “toxic” place,” wellness advocate Calley Means, a senior aide to Robert F.

There he goes again.

On Tuesday, New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani released his administration’s $7.4 million “Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.”

Time is not on Iran’s side.