Articles by Charlotte Greene

The federal government is barreling toward a Tuesday night shutdown deadline, and according to the White House and congressional Republicans, there’s only one person who can stop it: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. In what’s shaping up to be an unusual constitutional chess match, Press...

With the September 30th deadline barreling down on Washington, the federal government is once again on the brink of a shutdown. But this is not a typical budget squabble over dollars and cents. It is a high-stakes constitutional showdown that has taken the nation’s public health system hostage....

Government Shutdowns Explained: A Historical Guide to Their Causes and Consequences

When the clock strikes midnight on September 30, the United States government may, once again, shut down. The word “shutdown” has become a familiar part of our political vocabulary, a recurring threat in our bitterly divided politics. But what does it actually mean? How did we get to a place...

ICE Agent Details Fears of Protester Interference, Lack of Police Backup in Sanctuary Cities

A federal immigration agent has revealed what he fears most on the job. It is not the dangerous criminals he is tasked with arresting. It’s the angry crowds, the jeering protesters, and the feeling of being utterly alone, abandoned by local police in a hostile city. His chilling account, coming...

How a Lone, Inexperienced Prosecutor Got a Grand Jury to Indict James Comey

Inside the secret, solemn proceedings of a federal grand jury room this week, a drama of almost unheard-of proportions unfolded. The new, presidentially hand-picked U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia stood alone, without a single member of her 300-person staff of career lawyers...

An unprecedented and deeply mysterious directive has been sent from the Pentagon to every corner of the globe. The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth , has summoned nearly every American general and admiral – from commanders in the Pacific to those in the Middle East – to a sudden, in-person...

Flanked by his top health officials, President Trump began a press conference Tuesday not with policy, but with a personal story of a two-decade-old conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about the alarming rise of autism in America. That personal concern has now been translated into a radical and...

In an event that will reverberate through American history, a former Director of the FBI, James Comey , has been indicted by a federal grand jury. The charges of making false statements to Congress and obstruction of justice are the explosive culmination of a political and legal war that has raged...

A horrific, random act of violence on a Charlotte commuter train – the murder of a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee named Iryna Zarutska – has sent shockwaves through North Carolina and ignited a furious legislative response. Lawmakers in the state have now passed “Iryna’s Law,” a sweeping...

In a stadium filled with tens of thousands of mourners on Sunday, the President of the United States stepped to the podium to eulogize his fallen friend and ally, Charlie Kirk . But what followed was not a traditional eulogy. It was a complex and jarring speech that blended profound grief with...

After a week of intense speculation and a fierce national debate, a late-night television host is returning to the air. The suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following his controversial remarks about the assassination of Charlie Kirk was a media firestorm. “We hit some new lows over the...

In the digital age, a national tragedy is inevitably followed by a second, virtual event: a tidal wave of online speculation, rumor, and conspiracy theories. The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has been no exception. In the week since his murder, a grieving and outraged public...

Trump’s Public Goading of His Own Attorney General Tests a Core Constitutional Norm

In a pair of remarkable social media posts over the weekend, the President of the United States publicly aired his frustration with his own Attorney General, demanding she move faster to prosecute his political enemies. This public pressure campaign, targeting specific individuals by name, is more...

On its 238th Anniversary, a Look at the Constitution’s Creation: Trump’s Vision vs. the Founders’ Reality

This week, America marks the 238th anniversary of the signing of its most sacred civic document. In a new presidential proclamation, the U.S. Constitution is hailed as a “legendary charter” that codified “eternal truths.” But the story of the Constitution’s birth in the hot, stuffy summer...

The Trump administration has dramatically escalated its pressure campaign against Harvard University , opening a new and powerful front in its ongoing war with the nation’s oldest university – federal student aid . In a one-two punch on Friday, the Department of Education announced it is...

As the lethal drugs began to flow into his arm, David Pittman , a man convicted of a brutal triple murder and arson more than 30 years ago, maintained his innocence. But the final, desperate legal battle for his life was not about guilt. It was about his mind. The execution of David Pittman, the...

For most Americans, a passport is a simple booklet, a key to international travel. But in a new, high-stakes legal battle, the American passport has become the center of a profound constitutional conflict . The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to enforce...

Four House Republicans joined with Democrats on Wednesday to kill a resolution to censure Representative Ilhan Omar . The measure sought to formally punish the progressive congresswoman for controversial comments she made in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The failed vote is more than...

The White House said it was an act of compassion – a simple mission to reunify hundreds of Guatemalan children with their supposedly waiting parents. But in a federal courtroom on Thursday, that entire narrative “crumbled like a house of cards.” A federal judge – an appointee of President...

The State Of Free Speech In America

It feels like the rules are changing. A protest that was once legal is now a crime. A bad joke that was once edgy is now a fireable offense. A political group you disagree with is suddenly labeled “extremist.” From college campuses in America to the halls of government in Europe and the streets...