Editor’s Pick: Free Beacon on Politico Journo Facing CCP Spy Probe

October 24th, 2025 8:03 PM

Over at the Washington Free Beacon, reporter Matthew Xiao delivered a bombshell Friday that an unnamed Politico reporter is being investigated by “European security services…for working a Chinese spy.”

MRC Recognizes Free Speech Advocates: Brent Bozell, Musk, J.K. Rowling

October 23rd, 2025 11:35 AM

Global censorship has surged in recent years, but a brave few have steadfastly stood against tyrannical regimes attempting to tighten their grip in America and abroad

France May Have Accidentally Fumbled EU Censorship in Rumble Case

October 17th, 2025 6:26 PM

This latest free speech victory could have huge implications for the future of European Union censorship in France. 

BASED: Politico Parent Company CEO Rebukes Europe’s Betrayal of Israel

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October 9th, 2025 8:46 PM

In a stunning rebuke of the rising anti-Semitism spreading across Europe and the West, the CEO of one of the most liberal media companies in the U.S. is coming out in defense of the Jewish State.

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5 AI Chatbots Underestimate US Free Speech Protections in Rankings

September 9th, 2025 2:20 PM

Free speech in Europe is under scrutiny as governments like the U.K., France, and Germany continue to arrest citizens for speech-related offenses. AI chatbots, including ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, excluded the U.S. from top-10 lists of nations with strong free speech protections, valuing European countries for more restrictive speech laws. Only Elon Musk’s xAI Grok ranked the U.S. as number…

Farage Warns of New Threat to Americans Already Battling Censorship

September 4th, 2025 1:06 PM

Witnesses at a Wednesday House Judiciary Committee hearing, including Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage, sounded the alarm about yet another anti-free speech threat to Americans already battling Big Tech censorship.

U.S. State Dept. Slams Anti-Free Speech U.K. in Human Rights Report

August 14th, 2025 5:37 PM

The State Department just made clear that America will no longer aid or ignore foreign censorship, calling out threats to Americans and American companies. 

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Dismissed! CNN DUMPS On Trump's Peacemaking, Trade Achievements

July 29th, 2025 11:54 AM

CNN This Morning dumps on Trump's European trip. Phil Mattingly calls Trump's ribbon-cutting at his new golf course "completely an anathema to what we think a U.S. president should be doing." He claims that the ceasefires Trump has achieved are "short-lasting," even though the India-Pakistan and Thailand-Cambodia ceasefires are holding. Jonah Goldberg says that Trump makes peace efforts only…

NewsBusters Podcast: Stelter Defines the 'Reliable Source' as Liberal

July 25th, 2025 10:58 PM

In his "Reliable Sources" newsletter, CNN's Brian Stelter freaks out over the Paramount-Skydance merger, insisting CBS is caving to an authoritarian, just as media outlets allegedly did before Viktor Orban in Hungary. A source is only "Reliable" if it hates President Trump with an unquenchable passion.

Other Presidents Complained, But Trump Made NATO Step Up

July 8th, 2025 10:27 AM

President Donald Trump joined a long line of presidents who complained that the NATO countries fail to pay their fair share and therefore take advantage of the United States. In 2014, the European NATO countries agreed to a target of spending 2% of their GDP on defense by 2024. In 2014, only the United States, the U.K. and Greece were spending at least 2%. In a recent interview, NATO Secretary…

U.S. State Department Slams EU Speech Police Cracking Down on Ireland

June 17th, 2025 1:53 PM

The European Union continues to double down on crushing free speech, and the U.S. State Department is having none of it.

Tucker: Online Free Speech Is ‘Massive Threat to Governments’

June 12th, 2025 6:45 PM

France reportedly arrested a Big Tech CEO, took his phone, detained him for days and continues to restrict his travel. Here’s what he told independent journalist Tucker Carlson about the European Union’s crackdown on online speech.

Fresh Off European Arrest, Canadian Free Speech Fighter Lands in US

June 11th, 2025 8:42 PM

A Canadian free speech advocate who has faced arrest in multiple countries came to the United States and praised the Trump administration’s stance against censorship.

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Conservatives Rally in Budapest for Free Speech, Slam Biden Censorship

May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM

BUDAPEST, Hungary – On Wednesday morning, the group EU-U.S. Forum held its spring conference and – with former Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller alongside – took aim at the rise of government censorship both in the United States and the European Union, an issue that’s also central to our mission here at the Media Research Center.