Author: Charlotte Greene

President Trump solved wars in the Middle East, cleaned up Washington’s streets, and is fighting tariff battles at the Supreme Court. But White House allies and Republican strategists say he’s made a critical mistake: he stopped talking about the issues that got him elected. “People don’t think he’s lived up to his promises,” one White…

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan will co-chair his all-female mayoral transition team, sending a clear signal about the direction his administration will take when he’s sworn in January 1. Khan, who aggressively pursued antitrust enforcement during Biden’s presidency and is a prominent Bernie Sanders…

The polls have officially closed in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and a nervous nation is watching. Tonight’s off-year elections in Virginia and New Jersey are the first major electoral test of President Donald Trump’s second term. These state-level races are being anxiously monitored as a national bellwether, offering the first concrete data on the American…

A Republican lawmaker has taken the extraordinary and rarely used step of introducing articles of impeachment against a sitting federal judge, escalating a brutal political war over the separation of powers. Representative Brandon Gill of Texas on Tuesday filed a resolution to impeach U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, accusing him of “high crimes and misdemeanors”…

A firestorm has erupted on Capitol Hill, aimed directly at a single, powerful federal judge. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg is facing a torrent of criticism from Republican senators, with some even calling for his impeachment, after it was revealed he signed off on subpoenas for their phone records during the Jan. 6 investigation. But…

Twenty-five Democratic governors and attorneys general filed an emergency lawsuit Tuesday demanding the Trump administration release $9.2 billion in food stamp benefits for November, warning that 42 million Americans will lose SNAP assistance starting November 1 if the government shutdown continues. The USDA says it won’t tap its $5 billion contingency fund to cover the…

A quiet but significant power struggle is erupting within the Department of Homeland Security, the massive federal agency tasked with securing America’s borders and enforcing its immigration laws. A major leadership overhaul is underway at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with numerous field office chiefs reportedly being removed and replaced by officials from U.S.…

If you’ve been in an airport this week, you’ve felt it. The lines are longer, the departure boards are a sea of red “delayed” warnings, and a palpable tension is in the air. The partial government shutdown – for weeks a political headline from a distant Washington, D.C. – has now spiraled into a full-blown…

With off-year elections just a week away, the Department of Justice has announced it will be sending federal observers to polling places in specific counties in California and New Jersey. On the surface, this might seem like a routine exercise of federal oversight. But the context surrounding this decision – coming amid a broader campaign…