Author: Eleanor Stratton

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 third branch of our government…

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 collecting their $174,000 annual salaries without interruption. Graham’s logic is…

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 charges for threatening a sitting president. The sequence reveals how campus…

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 since 1992. Trump cited Russia’s recent missile tests and China’s growing nuclear…

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. What Did the President Say This Time? President Trump’s…

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 the lid off a dangerous and constitutionally fraught situation. The revelation…

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 fault lines running through our republic. The announcement…

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 hungry children into the newest casualties…

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 constitutional question. Is the two-term limit on the presidency just…

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 a punitive 10% tariff increase on Canada, citing a…