Author: Charlotte Greene

In a decisive and controversial start to his tenure, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has revoked nine executive orders issued by his predecessor, Eric Adams, undoing a swath of policies ranging from cryptocurrency promotion to the city’s stance on Israel. The move, executed just hours after Mamdani was sworn in as the city’s first…

In a significant revelation that challenges the narrative of the January 6th Committee, former special counsel Jack Smith has admitted that star witness Cassidy Hutchinson offered testimony that was largely “secondhand hearsay” and conflicted with the accounts of eyewitnesses. During a closed-door deposition with the House Judiciary Committee earlier this month, Smith undercut the reliability…

A federal judge has ordered a Virginia man to remain behind bars pending trial for allegedly threatening to kill Richard Grenell, a key figure in the Trump administration and current President of the Kennedy Center. The detention of 33-year-old Scott Allen Bolger is a significant legal victory for the Justice Department, occurring against a backdrop…

The simmering tensions between the Trump administration and the state of Minnesota have erupted into a full-scale federal intervention. On Monday, federal agents from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) descended on Minneapolis, launching what officials call a “massive” investigation into alleged rampant fraud in state-run assistance programs. The crackdown, triggered in part…

With deportation facilities filling up and legal battles slowing down removals, the Trump administration is trying a new tactic to clear the backlog: cold, hard cash. On Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced a “holiday stipend” of $3,000 for undocumented migrants who agree to leave the country voluntarily by the end of the year.…

A federal judge has issued a stinging rebuke to the Trump administration, ordering the White House to fix a legal mess created nine months ago when it defied a court order and flew hundreds of Venezuelan migrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. In a ruling that reasserts the power of the judiciary over…

The winning streak is over. After a series of legal victories empowering the executive branch, the Supreme Court has drawn a sharp line in the sand, rejecting President Trump’s emergency request to deploy the National Guard to Chicago against the will of state leaders. In a decision that halts the administration’s “federalization” push in its…

The U.S. Senate has adjourned for the year in frustration, leaving a critical government funding package in limbo after a last-minute blockade by two Democratic senators. Despite weeks of negotiations to prevent a government shutdown on January 30, the deal collapsed late Thursday night. The sticking point was not the overall budget, but a fierce…

The battle between the White House and the nation’s wealthiest university is heading back to court. On Friday, the Trump administration formally filed an appeal seeking to overturn a federal judge’s order that restored $2.7 billion in frozen research funding to Harvard University. The move reignites one of the most significant legal confrontations in higher…