Articles by Eleanor Stratton

With Hours to Spare, Federal Judges Step in to Stop Trump from Cutting Off Food Stamps for 42 Million Americans

The clock was just hours away from striking midnight on the first of the month, a deadline that threatened to plunge 42 million Americans into a food crisis. As the government shutdown dragged on, the nation’s food stamp program was set to go dark. In a last-minute, dramatic intervention, the...

Trump’s “Proof of Citizenship” Order Just Got Killed

The long and heated war over who gets to set the rules for America’s elections has just seen a decisive battle. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has issued a permanent, final ruling on the President’s attempt to unilaterally change how Americans register to vote. U.S. District Judge Colleen...

Trump Threatens to “Choke” NYC if “Communist” Mamdani Wins

The race for mayor of New York City has just been nationalized in the most dramatic way possible. On the eve of the election, the President of the United States has intervened, not just with an endorsement, but with a direct and constitutionally explosive threat against the city’s 8 million...

The Twenty-Seventh Amendment Meets Day 30: Why the Founders Made Sure Congress Always Gets Paid

Senator Lindsey Graham wants to amend the Constitution to force members of Congress to forfeit their paychecks during government shutdowns. He introduced the proposal Wednesday – on day 30 of a shutdown that has left 1.3 million federal workers unpaid while senators and representatives continue...

Trump Orders Immediate Resumption of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Testing

President Trump announced Wednesday night that he has ordered the Department of War to resume nuclear weapons testing “immediately” to match other nations’ programs. The directive ends a 33-year American moratorium on nuclear testing that has been maintained by presidents of both parties...

He Flipped a Table on Campus, Got Fired, Then Allegedly Threatened Trump. The FBI Just Arrested Him.

Derek Lopez flipped a Turning Point USA table at Illinois State University, got fired from his teaching assistant position, and then allegedly posted threats against President Trump online. The FBI and Secret Service arrested him Tuesday following a month-long joint investigation. He faces federal...

Whistleblower Exposes Deadly “Shockwave”: Illegal Immigrant Licenses Tied to Fatal Crashes?

The vast network of interstate highways is the circulatory system of the American economy, powered by millions of commercial truck drivers moving goods across the continent. But a series of horrific, fatal accidents involving undocumented immigrants behind the wheel of semi-trucks has just blown...

“I’d Love a Third Term.” Is It Time Americans Take Trump Seriously?

This is a story about more than just one man’s ambitions. It is a profound test of one of our republic’s most essential constitutional guardrails – the 22nd Amendment – and a sobering look at what happens when unwritten norms of presidential restraint begin to crumble. President Trump’s...

California Hands Planned Parenthood $140 Million After Trump Cuts Federal Funds. The Federalism Battle Just Went Nuclear.

California is giving Planned Parenthood $140 million to keep 109 clinics open after federal funding cuts forced closures across the state. Governor Gavin Newsom announced the bailout Thursday, making California the fourth state to replace federal Medicaid dollars that Trump’s spending bill...

Trump Announces 10% Tariff Increase on Canada Following Dispute Over Reagan Ad

An international trade dispute has just taken a bizarre and constitutionally alarming turn. The flashpoint was not a disagreement over steel quotas or lumber subsidies. It was a television commercial featuring the ghost of Ronald Reagan. In a furious social media post, President Trump has announced...

Fox Nation Patriot Awards to Debut New Honor Dedicated to the Late Charlie Kirk

An annual tradition is set to return, a glittering event celebrating American heroes – military members, first responders, and everyday citizens who embody the spirit of service. But this year’s Fox Nation Patriot Awards will carry a new and somber weight, a stark reminder of the dangerous...

Trump Again Declines to Definitively Rule Out Seeking a Third Term

Red hats appeared suddenly on the President’s desk in the Oval Office, emblazoned not with the familiar campaign slogan, but with a date: “Trump 2028.” This carefully staged visual, followed by a new round of comments from the President himself, has reignited a deeply unsettling...

Both Parties Ready to Let Food Stamps Expire in Shutdown Standoff

The lights may be off in much of the federal government, but a far more visceral and devastating consequence of Washington’s dysfunction is now just days away. As the political stalemate drags on, the funding that provides food assistance to over 40 million Americans is set to evaporate, turning...

The 10 Most Explosive Second Amendment Cases in History

The Second Amendment contains 27 words. Those words have generated centuries of constitutional conflict, dozens of Supreme Court cases, and fundamentally different interpretations of what “the right to keep and bear arms” actually means. Some cases changed everything. Others revealed how deeply...

Leavitt Fires Back at Jeffries, Calls Him a “Stone-Cold Loser” in Vicious Shutdown Feud

The federal government has been shut down for 17 days, but the most significant collapse in Washington is not in its funding, but in its language. A war of words between the White House and the Democratic leadership has now descended into a bare-knuckle brawl of personal insults, a vicious exchange...

Secret Service Found a Hunting Stand Aimed at Trump’s Air Force One Exit. In Palm Beach. Where Hunting Is Illegal.

The Secret Service discovered a hunting stand with direct line of sight to President Trump’s Air Force One exit area at Palm Beach International Airport during a security sweep last Thursday. The FBI dismantled the stand and flew it to their lab for forensic analysis including digital and...

7 Million Marched Against Trump. He Posted AI Video of Himself Wearing A Crown Defecating on Them From a Fighter Jet

Roughly 7 million people participated in “No Kings” demonstrations across more than 2,700 locations Saturday, making it one of the largest single-day domestic protests in modern American history. President Trump initially dismissed the events as drawing “very few people,” then posted an...

NRA Sues California Over Glock Ban. The Supreme Court’s Second Amendment Ruling Just Got Its Test

California banned Glock-style handguns last week. The National Rifle Association sued within days. The lawsuit challenges Assembly Bill 1127 as violating the Second Amendment, arguing that semiautomatic handguns with cruciform trigger bars are “in common use” and therefore protected by the...

Republican Leaders Attack Scheduled “No Kings” Protests

Republican leaders are pre-emptively attacking Saturday’s “No Kings” national protests before they happen. Speaker Mike Johnson called them “hate-America rallies” that will draw “pro-Hamas” Democrats and “antifa people.” House Republican Whip Tom Emmer warned of widespread “hate...

Jury Sends a Clear Message to DOJ With Its Verdict in the ICE Assault Case

On a street in Washington D.C., a citizen filmed federal agents making an arrest. A tense confrontation ensued, ending with the citizen herself in handcuffs, facing a serious felony charge for assaulting a federal officer. The case was championed by the President’s U.S. Attorney as a key front in...