Articles by Eleanor Stratton

This Isn’t a Normal Shutdown: Begin of Mass FIRINGS

The government has shut down. But this time is different. The White House has just confirmed that for thousands of federal workers, this will not be a temporary, unpaid vacation. It will be a permanent pink slip. The administration is using the chaos of a government shutdown to achieve a...

Nobel Prize Winner Tells Trump She’s Accepting Award “In Honor of You”

Maria Corina Machado won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her work promoting democracy in Venezuela. The White House immediately denounced the decision as proof the Nobel Committee “places politics over peace.” Hours later, Machado called Trump to tell him she was accepting the award in...

Everything You Think You Know About Immigrant Healthcare in the Shutdown Fight Is Probably Wrong

Immigrant healthcare has become the rhetorical centerpiece of the government shutdown standoff. Republicans claim Democrats are demanding taxpayer funding for “illegal aliens.” Democrats insist they’re protecting American families’ access to affordable insurance. Both sides are talking past...

Grand Jury Indicts Letitia James

A federal grand jury in Virginia indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday on bank fraud charges and making false statements to a financial institution. The indictment came from U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan – the Trump-appointed prosecutor with no prior criminal law experience...

In Fiery Hearing, AG Bondi Refuses To Answer Epstein Questions, Clashes with Democrats

“I’m not going to discuss anything about that with you.” With those ten words, the Attorney General of the United States refused a direct question from the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The moment was not just a tense exchange in a heated hearing; it was a dangerous and...

Hamas Accepts Trump Peace Deal After Two-Year War

President Trump announced Wednesday that Israel and Hamas have both agreed to the first phase of his peace plan, ending two years of war that began with Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack. “ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, “and Israel will withdraw...

Examining Trump’s Year of Middle East Diplomacy From Saudi Normalization Talks to Hamas Agreement and What Actually Got Accomplished

President Trump announced Wednesday that Israel and Hamas agreed to his peace plan ending two years of Gaza war. The announcement caps a year where Trump positioned himself as Middle East peacemaker through multiple diplomatic initiatives – some successful, some stalled, and some still unfolding....

Virginia Prosecutor Prepares to Tell Trump No on Letitia James Charges

Elizabeth Yusi, who oversees major criminal prosecutions in the Norfolk office of Virginia’s Eastern District, has told colleagues she sees no probable cause to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James with mortgage fraud. She plans to present that conclusion to the president’s...

Kash Patel’s Bureau Leadership Collapses From Personnel Purges to Publicity Stunts

Kash Patel fired an FBI agent for refusing to arrange a televised perp walk of James Comey – the former FBI director whom Trump orchestrated criminal charges against despite career prosecutors considering the case too weak to bring. The agent, stationed in the Washington D.C. field office, balked...

Trump Fired the Eisenhower Library Director for Refusing to Break Federal Law

Todd Arrington spent nearly 30 years in government service as director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kansas. His job was preserving historic artifacts that belong to the American public and are protected by federal law from being given away or removed from...

Trump Promises Military Pay Raise He Can’t Deliver Amid “Democrat-Induced Shutdown”

On the deck of a mighty aircraft carrier, surrounded by thousands of cheering sailors, the President of the United States celebrated the 250th birthday of the U.S. Navy with a powerful promise. He vowed to secure “across the board pay raises for every sailor and service member in the United...

Trump Stops Pretending He Has Nothing to Do With Project 2025, Announces Meeting With Russell Vough

Donald Trump spent months during the 2024 campaign insisting he had nothing to do with Project 2025. The 900-page Heritage Foundation blueprint for restructuring federal government became politically toxic, so Trump distanced himself repeatedly, claiming he’d never read it and didn’t know the...

Government Shuts Down, Federal Workers Lose Paychecks

The federal government shut down at 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2025, after Congress failed to pass a continuing resolution before the midnight deadline. Roughly 875,000 federal workers will be furloughed without pay. Another 1.4 million essential employees will work without paychecks until funding...

Reagan-Appointed Judge’s Ongoing Trump Criticism Raises Questions About Judicial Independence

U.S. District Judge William Young has been on the federal bench for nearly 40 years. He’s a Reagan appointee with impeccable conservative credentials. And in 2025, he’s become something extraordinary in American jurisprudence: a sitting federal judge who writes legal opinions that read more...

A Democratic mayor in New Jersey just announced he’s supporting the Republican gubernatorial candidate backed by President Trump. James P. Dodd, mayor of Dover, says he’s tired of sanctuary policies, rising taxes, and Democrats who complain without offering solutions. He’s also suggesting he...

From Generals to Ideologues

Donald Trump has appointed six people to lead the Department of Defense across his two non-consecutive presidencies. The progression from his first term to his second reveals a dramatic shift in priorities – from prioritizing military experience and institutional credibility to selecting...

With hours remaining before a midnight government shutdown, Republicans have found their messaging strategy: accuse Democrats of prioritizing “free healthcare for illegal aliens” over paying U.S. troops. Democrats call it an outright lie designed to obscure their real demand – extending...

Idaho Used Religious Discrimination to Cancel Church Lease

A Baptist church in Middleton, Idaho was renting a gymnasium from a public charter school to hold Sunday services. Then the school applied for $15 million in state bonds to finance building upgrades, and state attorneys flagged the church’s lease as a potential constitutional problem under...

Zohran Mamdani wants to spend $165 million of New York City taxpayer money to protect immigrants from deportation. The 33-year-old Democratic socialist leading the mayoral race calls it the “cornerstone” of creating the “strongest sanctuary city in the country.” He just won’t specify...

Tyler Robinson’s new defense attorney walked into a Utah courtroom Monday and immediately asked for more time. Not to prepare a defense strategy or interview witnesses – just to comprehend the sheer volume of evidence prosecutors have compiled against her client in the assassination of...