Articles by Charlotte Greene

Federal Appeals Court Rules Trump’s Tariffs Are Illegal. What’s Next?

In a decision with massive implications for the American economy and the power of the presidency, a federal appeals court has declared that President Trump’s signature tariff policy is illegal . The ruling strikes at the very heart of the President’s “America First” agenda and sets the...

How Trump’s First 224 Days Have Redefined Who Wins and Who Loses in the American Workforce

Today is Labor Day , a national holiday dedicated to celebrating the American worker. But in 2025, what it means to be a worker in America is being rapidly and radically redefined. In the first 224 days of his second term, President Donald Trump has unleashed a torrent of policy changes that have...

Who Decides ‘Presidential Fitness’? What Happens When a President is Unable to Serve

It is the most delicate and terrifying question in American governance: What happens if the President, the most powerful person in the world, is no longer mentally or physically capable of leading? Recent public concerns over the health of both former President Joe Biden and, more quietly, the...

Debunked Claims Repeated by President Trump This Week

In the highest office in the land, words have immense power. They can start wars, calm markets, and unite a nation. But what happens when those words are used to repeat claims that have been proven, time and again, to be false? In the last week alone, President Donald Trump has deployed a familiar...

After Minneapolis, Two Americas Clash Over What’s Really Killing Our Children

In the agonizing days following the murder of two children at a Minneapolis Catholic school, a grieving nation is once again asking its most difficult question: Why does this keep happening? The search for answers has ignited a familiar and deeply fractured debate. But this time, the Trump...

First Congresswoman-Elect Born in Mexico Defends Texas Redistricting

A new Republican-drawn political map in Texas creates several new Hispanic-majority congressional districts. To its supporters, it’s a long-overdue victory for minority representation. To its opponents, it’s an illegal and cynical tactic designed to disenfranchise those very same voters. This...

At Least 2 Children Killed, 17 Injured in Mass Shooting at Minneapolis Catholic School

In a place of sanctuary, during a service of worship, a national nightmare has unfolded. A gunman opened fire on an elementary school Mass in Minneapolis on Wednesday, targeting children in their pews and turning a celebration of a new school year into a scene of unspeakable horror. This act of...

Days After FBI Raid, John Bolton Publishes Scathing Critique of Trump’s Ukraine Policy

Most people, just days after having their home raided by the FBI in a national security probe, might choose to remain silent. John Bolton is not most people. In a defiant and blistering new op-ed, President Trump’s former National Security Advisor has unleashed a sweeping critique of the...

‘You Are Absolutely Forbidden’: A Federal Judge’s Dramatic Intervention to Stop a Man’s Second Deportation

A man who has become the central figure in a months-long constitutional war was taken back into federal custody on Monday. Within hours, his lawyers were in court, and a federal judge was issuing a new emergency order, once again placing her court directly between the Trump administration and its...

Uncle Sam, Venture Capitalist: The Troubling Precedent of the Government’s New Stake in Intel

In a stunning and unprecedented move, the United States government is now one of the largest shareholders in Intel, a foundational giant of Silicon Valley. This is not a traditional bailout of a failing company. It is a deliberate and radical philosophical choice by the Trump administration to...

Why the 2026 Midterms are the Most Unpredictable in Modern History

For over a century, the midterm election has followed a predictable, almost ironclad, rule: the party holding the White House suffers a major, often brutal, defeat in Congress. But as the 2026 election looms, a series of unprecedented factors has shattered that historical certainty. A unique...

The Four Most Contentious Presidential Elections in U.S. History, Explained

Americans often worry about the stability of the next election. But our constitutional system has already been tested by electoral chaos four separate times in its history, pushing the nation to the very brink. These are not just dusty stories from a history book. They are urgent lessons in how the...

Ghislaine Maxwell’s Flattering Words for Trump Raise Alarming Questions

In a dramatic attempt to quell a political firestorm over the Jeffrey Epstein case, the Department of Justice has released the transcripts of its recent, highly unusual interview with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell . Her words, delivered from a federal prison, offer a staunch and...

Russia BOMBS American Factory Days After Peace Summit

Days ago, it was handshakes and talk of a “path to peace” in Alaska. Today, it is fire and smoke rising from the wreckage of an American-owned factory in western Ukraine. In a brazen and violent rebuke to President Trump’s personal diplomacy, Russia has unleashed one of the largest aerial...

The FBI Raid on John Bolton is a Constitutional Reckoning Years in the Making

At dawn on Friday, FBI agents descended on the Maryland home of a man who once held some of the nation’s most sensitive secrets. The raid on John Bolton , President Donald Trump’s former National Security Advisor, is a stunning development in a long and bitter feud between the two men. It...

Federal Judge Rules Against Trump’s Attorney General

A federal judge has declared that the person serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor, Alina Habba , is holding her office unlawfully. The ruling is the latest and most dramatic turn in a month-long constitutional power struggle between the President, the Senate, and the Judiciary over one...

California Legislature Approves New Congressional Map to Counter Texas, Targeting 5 GOP Seats

The first shot was fired in Texas. Now, the counter-attack has been launched in California. In a dramatic escalation of a national political war, the California Legislature on Thursday approved a new congressional map explicitly designed to eliminate up to five Republican seats. The move is a...

Appeals Court Throws Out $500 Million Penalty in Trump’s New York Civil Fraud Case

For months, it was one of the largest financial penalties ever levied against an individual in American history – a judgment of nearly half a billion dollars against a sitting President in a New York civil fraud case. Now, in a stunning reversal, a New York appellate court has thrown that penalty...

California Democrats Face Hypocrisy Accusations as They Move to Override Independent Redistricting Commission

Just a few weeks ago, they were champions of reform, praising California’s model of taking map-drawing “out of the hands of an elected body.” Today, those same lawmakers are supporting a plan to do the exact opposite. A political firestorm has erupted in California as Democrats, in a...

Trump Administration Launches New Front in the War on Immigrant Benefits

In a major escalation of its crackdown on immigrant access to public benefits, the Trump administration has begun sending monthly reports to every state in the nation, identifying individuals on public health insurance whose legal status the federal government cannot verify. The directive to the...