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The Federalist

U.S. far-right

Owned byFDRLST Media, LLC — a privately held Delaware limited liability company co-founded by Ben Domenech and Sean Davis
FundingCombination of digital advertising revenue and donations from conservative donors, including Dick Uihlein (a packing-supply billionaire and major Republican donor) and grants routed through DonorsTrust; the affiliated FDRLST Media Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, also channels philanthropic funds to the publication
On the administrationbroadly supportive

Background

The Federalist was launched in September 2013 by Ben Domenech, a conservative writer and blogger, and Sean Davis, a policy and political commentator. Domenech described the publication as inspired by the original Time magazine's populist sensibility, but aimed squarely at a conservative readership skeptical of mainstream media. FDRLST Media, LLC was incorporated in Delaware in 2016 as its corporate parent, and a companion 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the FDRLST Media Foundation, was added in 2018 to help raise tax-deductible donations. For years the outlet's donors were undisclosed; reporting by The New York Times and investigative outlets eventually revealed that Dick Uihlein and conservative funding vehicle DonorsTrust were among its significant financial backers. The publication was initially ambivalent about Donald Trump during the 2016 primary but shifted to strong support after his election, and by his second term was widely identified as a reliable booster of his administration. Editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway became one of its most prominent voices. The outlet drew criticism for publishing pieces containing COVID-19 misinformation during the pandemic and for amplifying unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election. In 2020 it was briefly embroiled in a dispute with Google over its ad-monetization status, which was resolved after The Federalist disabled its public comments section. Media analysts at AllSides and Ad Fontes Media rate it on the right to far-right of the political spectrum.

Sources

  1. The Federalist (website) — Wikipedia
  2. The Federalist Media Bias — AllSides
  3. The Federalist — Bias and Credibility — Media Bias/Fact Check
  4. The Federalist Bias and Reliability — Ad Fontes Media
  5. Who Funds The Federalist? Finally, We Know — EXPOSEDbyCMD
  6. REVEALED: The Federalist Foundation's Tax Records — EXPOSEDbyCMD
  7. The Federalist — SourceWatch
  8. Google Threatens to Ban The Federalist from Generating Ad Revenue — National Review

Profile compiled 2026-08-05; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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