Articles by Eleanor Stratton

Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to End Haiti TPS

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to step in and clear the way for ending Temporary Protected Status for about 350,000 Haitian migrants, escalating a fight that sits at the intersection of immigration policy, judicial power, and how courts review executive branch decisions. At...

Newsom Blames Trump as California Gas Prices Surge

When gas prices jump, elected officials do what they have done since the first American road trip. They point outward. War, markets, speculators, greedy companies, the other party. This week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom aimed his finger at President Donald Trump and the conflict involving Iran....

Iran’s Assassination Plot Against Trump

As tensions between the United States and Iran continue to escalate, recent developments have illuminated the precarious balance between national security and constitutional governance. In a striking announcement, Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that an Iranian leader behind an...

Trump Just Fired Kristi Noem After “a culmination of her many unfortunate leadership failures”

Kristi Noem became the first Cabinet secretary to leave President Trump’s second term Thursday. She didn’t resign – she was fired. The official White House statement called her departure a “job switch” to a new Western Hemisphere security role. Administration officials told NBC News it...

Trump floats Ted Cruz for Supreme Court

During a recent event in Corpus Christi, Texas, former President Donald Trump proposed the idea of nominating Senator Ted Cruz to the Supreme Court. Trump humorously suggested that Cruz would receive a unanimous vote from both Democrats and Republicans for his appointment, implying that lawmakers...

Why the Democrats Are Daring to Chain the Commander-in-Chief

The lead-lined walls of the Capitol’s most secure briefing rooms were the only witnesses to a tense confrontation Monday as the “Gang of Eight” received their first classified look at the intelligence behind the weekend’s massive strikes. While the administration points to a...

Lawmakers Want Billionaires to Foot the Bill for $3,000 Payouts to American Households

In the ongoing debate about wealth inequality in America, a new legislative proposal has emerged that aims to shift financial burdens from struggling households to the nation’s wealthiest individuals. Progressive lawmakers, led by Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Ro Khanna, have...

Supreme Court Just Killed Trump’s Tariffs

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Trump cannot use emergency powers to impose tariffs. The Constitution gives Congress – not the president – authority over tariffs, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the 6-3 decision. By Friday evening, Trump had announced a 10% global tariff under...

Why the Epstein Files May Finally Break the Clinton Legacy

The long-dormant shadows of the 1990s have returned to haunt the American political landscape with a ferocity that few anticipated. On February 27, 2026, the quiet dignity of the former presidency was replaced by the high-stakes tension of a federal interrogation room. For eight hours, Bill...

Trump Just Sent a “Massive Armada” to Iran

President Trump announced Wednesday that a “massive Armada” is heading to Iran. Aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln. Three destroyers. 5,000 American troops. And a warning to Tehran: make a nuclear deal or “the next attack will be far worse.” The threat references “Operation Midnight...

ICE Contempt Hearing Looming for Acting Director Todd Lyons

The judicial bench in Minnesota has become a high-stakes arena where the legacy of conservative jurisprudence is clashing with the modern realities of federal immigration enforcement. As “Operation Metro Surge” continues to draw fire from local leaders, a prominent federal judge’s financial...

Federal Agents Kill Minneapolis VA Nurse During Immigration Protest as Video Evidence Contradicts Official Account

Alex Jeffrey Pretti was an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He spent his career caring for the veterans this country sent to war. Saturday morning, January 24, federal agents shot and killed him on a Minneapolis street. The Department of Homeland Security said Pretti...

Feds Now Blame Protesters for Destroying Evidence at Scene Where They Shot ICU Nurse

The Deputy U.S. Attorney General blamed protesters Monday morning for destroying evidence at the scene where federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti Saturday. Minnesota blamed federal agents for the same thing. A federal judge already issued a restraining order blocking federal agencies from...

Trump’s Venezuela Gambit Just Rewrote 200 Years of Foreign Policy

President Trump calls it the “Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.” The operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro – no congressional authorization, no declaration of war, military force on foreign soil, followed by announced plans to “run the country” – is being...

Trump Just Kicked Canada Off His “Board of Peace”

President Trump signed his “Board of Peace” into existence Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The organization was created to oversee Gaza reconstruction. Trump now describes it as an institution to rival the United Nations. By Friday, he’d already kicked one country out....

Trump Fired a Fed Governor, Now SCOTUS Has to Decide If He Can Actually Do That

President Trump fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on January 21, his first full day back in office. The termination letter cited “poor performance” and “low intelligence.” Cook sued within hours, arguing the president has no constitutional authority to fire Fed governors. Now the...

New CNN Poll says Trump is the worst President in history. Do you believe that?

Fifty-eight percent of Americans call Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House a failure. Fifty-five percent say his policies made the economy worse. Sixty-four percent say he hasn’t done enough about the cost of living that actually matters to them. And here’s the number that should...

Read Trump’s texts to Norway prime minister here on Greenland, Nobel

Three days after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, President Trump received a text from Norway’s prime minister asking him to de-escalate tariff threats against eight countries including Norway. Trump’s response, sent 27 minutes...

SCOTUS Just Heard the Trans Sports Case

Military snipers stood watch on the Supreme Court roof Tuesday while two crowds below screamed at each other. One side chanted “Trans! Trans! Trans!” The other shouted “Stop cutting off the breasts!” Inside, lawyers for transgender athletes spent two hours in full retreat. The Supreme Court...

Your Credit Card Rate Just Got Capped at 10%

The Truth Social post went out Friday night. Credit card interest rates would be capped at 10% starting January 20. No legislation. No congressional vote. Just a presidential announcement that Americans would “no longer be ‘ripped off’ by Credit Card Companies.” By Saturday morning,...