Author: James Caldwell

In the eyes of some Republicans, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has become the face of the “activist judiciary.” As the judge presiding over a series of high-profile cases involving the Trump administration—from migrant deportations to secret messaging apps—he has found himself in the crosshairs of a political movement convinced the system is rigged. But…

For nearly five years, a ghostly figure in a grey hoodie has haunted the narrative of January 6th. The placement of live pipe bombs outside the headquarters of both major political parties the night before the Capitol riot remained the FBI’s most glaring unsolved case, a source of endless conspiracy theories and bipartisan frustration. Now,…

What began as a review triggered by President Trump’s pardons quickly turned into a deeper examination of how far executive clemency can reach – and what, if anything, the courts must do in response. As the judge dug back into the record, a far more complicated question emerged: when a presidential pardon intersects with a…

In a Cabinet meeting designed to showcase the administration’s legal victories, the Attorney General took a moment to deliver a sharp, personal rebuttal to a lawsuit filed by one of her former employees. The quip drew laughter from the room, but it belies a much deeper and more contentious transformation taking place within the nation’s…

A Pentagon Inspector General report has confirmed a detail that sounds like it belongs in a political satire, not a national security briefing: plans for a U.S. military strike were being discussed in a group chat that accidentally included the editor of The Atlantic. But the conclusions of the watchdog’s report are deadly serious. The…

The sound of gunfire shattered the pre-Thanksgiving calm in downtown Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, just blocks from the White House. In an instant, a political and constitutional debate over the militarization of our nation’s capital turned into a scene of bloodshed. Two National Guard members were shot and critically wounded, an event that transforms an…

A panel of federal judges has looked at the electoral map of the second-largest state in the union and declared it a violation of the law. Now, the state’s leaders are making a desperate, high-speed dash to the highest court in the land, asking the justices to intervene before the clock runs out on the…

You think you are debating a neighbor about tax policy or reading a firsthand account from a war zone. But a simple software update has just pulled back the curtain on a massive, global masquerade ball. The reality of who is actually shaping American discourse is far more disturbing, and geographically distant, than we dared…

When the President recently declared that America needs to “bring in talent” because the current workforce lacks “certain talents,” he wasn’t just speaking rhetorically. The administration has now operationalized that view, releasing a strict, government-approved definition of what constitutes a “professional degree.” This list is more than a bureaucratic classification. It is a statement of…

The vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files was hailed by many as a victory for transparency. Instead, it has triggered an immediate declaration of political war from a wounded White House. Following a stinging legislative defeat where he failed to stop the bill, the President and his team are now preparing to turn the…