In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. President Donald Trump posited a rhetorical question last weekend. “Would […]

On Wednesday, The Federalist staff won the 2025 Dao Grand Prize for Investigative Journalism for their work covering the Russia Collusion hoax. The Federalist received the highest honor at the close of the ceremony thanks in large part due to the tireless work of our editor-in-chief, Mollie Hemingway, and our senior legal correspondent, Margot Cleveland. […]

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received the royal treatment yesterday in his first visit to the White House since 2018. He was greeted at the South Portico with an Army honor guard of black horses bearing American and Saudi flags, and herald trumpeters, a flyover of six F-15 and F-35 fighter jets that streaked […]

The culmination of a disastrous 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision granting illegal aliens access to American public schools has seemingly taken center stage in Charlotte, North Carolina, this week. After the Department of Homeland Security revealed Saturday that U.S. immigration officials would be conducting enforcement operations throughout the city, local media began reporting that an […]

In another classic instance of “Republicans aren’t allowed to do what Democrats do,” a federal court has ruled that Texas’s new congressional map is illegal. A three-judge panel ruled 2-1 that the Texas Legislature violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by producing a “racially gerrymandered” map. Writing the majority decision, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey […]