Author: Charlotte Greene
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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 “incomprehensible” cruelty has not…
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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 is the confounding and constitutionally complex debate at the heart of the Texas redistricting war.…
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‘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 target. The legal battle over…
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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 administration’s foreign policy, calling its efforts to…
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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 presidency, a nationwide war over the congressional maps themselves,…
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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 transform a government grant program – created…
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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 unwavering defense of President Donald Trump. But the extraordinary context…
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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 Constitution’s guardrails have been…
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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 transforms a public war…
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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 assaults of the war. This…