Author: Eleanor Stratton

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 history has suddenly become the center of a brewing conflict over impartiality and…

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 destroying evidence. And now both sides are in court arguing about…

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 “violently resisted” agents and approached them with…

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. Canada’s invitation was rescinded after Prime Minister Mark Carney gave…

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 framed not as constitutional overreach but as strategic genius updating a 202-year-old…

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 Supreme Court must answer a question that cuts to the core…

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 later, revealed the wound was still fresh: “Considering your Country decided not to…

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 terrify Republican strategists heading into midterms: 42%…

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 heard oral arguments on whether states can ban biological…