The Gateway Pundit is an American right-wing political website based in St Louis, Missouri. It was founded in 2004 by Jim Hoft and is one of the longest-running independent conservative news sites still in regular publication.
Editorial positioning
The site publishes a high volume of short news posts, opinion items and aggregation, with a strongly pro-Trump editorial line and a recurring focus on US election integrity, immigration enforcement and what it characterises as media bias. It does not maintain a Washington bureau and most of its reporting is done remotely or by contributors.
Defamation litigation
The Gateway Pundit's reach grew sharply in the period 2016–2022, but the same period brought a series of defamation suits. The most consequential was brought by two Atlanta-area Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, who sued over false claims published by the site about their conduct during the 2020 election.
In April 2024 The Gateway Pundit's parent company, TGP Communications, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Florida. The site continued to publish during the proceedings, which were resolved in 2024 and 2025 through settlement negotiations and editorial commitments. The Freeman and Moss cases against the site were ultimately settled, and the site published acknowledgements about specific previously-published claims.
Place on the conservative web
Even with the litigation pressure, the Gateway Pundit retains one of the higher referral rates on US right-leaning news, second-tier behind Breitbart, Daily Wire and Fox News Digital. It is widely shared on Truth Social and X, particularly during election periods.
Why people search for it
Two reasons. The first is direct readership during US political news cycles. The second is the steady stream of reporting about the Gateway Pundit by mainstream outlets, particularly during the defamation cases, which has driven readers to the site looking to understand what it actually publishes.
