Author: Charlotte Greene

For the first time since a bruising presidential election, former Vice President Kamala Harris has returned to the public stage. But her message was not a political call to arms for the next race. Instead, in a sober and wide-ranging interview, she delivered a stunning diagnosis of the American system of government itself. Harris’s declaration…

While the nation’s attention is often captured by the high-stakes drama of Cabinet confirmations and Supreme Court nominations, the true machinery of the executive branch is run by hundreds of lesser-known but critically important officials. These are the Assistant Secretaries, U.S. Attorneys, and commission members who translate a president’s agenda into government action. The President…

If you have a credit card, a mortgage, or a savings account, a small group of people in Washington just made a big decision about your money. The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it is holding its key interest rate steady, keeping borrowing costs at their current high levels. But behind that simple decision is a…

In an unprecedented and constitutionally perilous move, the Department of Justice has filed a formal misconduct complaint against a sitting chief federal judge, James Boasberg, seeking his removal from a high-profile case involving the Trump administration. This is not a legal appeal of a ruling; it is a direct attack on the integrity and impartiality…

As rescue workers searched for victims in the churning floodwaters of the Guadalupe River, a local official in the hardest-hit county was privately mocking the nation’s top emergency management leader as “Homeland Barbie.” This stunningly cavalier text message, revealed in a trove of public records, is more than just a personal embarrassment for Kerrville City…

The American dream has long been tied to the land – the right to own a piece of it, to cultivate it, to build a home on it. Now, a new and aggressive legislative push in Congress is seeking to restrict who, exactly, can buy into that dream. Citing an urgent threat to national security,…

With a theatrical flair befitting his entire political career, former Congressman George Santos said farewell to the public Thursday night before beginning a long federal prison sentence. “Well, darlings… The curtain falls, the spotlight dims, and the rhinestones are packed,” he wrote on social media. His fall from grace was not just a legal matter…

A remote airstrip deep in the Florida Everglades, recently converted into a massive migrant detention center, is now fully operational. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis confirmed Friday that deportation flights from the facility – menacingly nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz” – have begun, marking a new and aggressive phase in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. This development is…

Just weeks after the Supreme Court seemed to clear a path for President Trump’s plan to end automatic birthright citizenship, a powerful federal appeals court has thrown up a formidable new roadblock. In a direct challenge to both the White House and the Supreme Court itself, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has not…

As Senate Republicans celebrated the passage of President Trump’s bill to “claw back” billions in what they deem wasteful government spending, a quiet rebellion was taking place within their own ranks. Two veteran Republican senators broke from their party, joining every Democrat in a vote against the package. Their dissent was not a fiery ideological…