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Congressional Democrats have a weapon in the government shutdown fight that nobody’s talking about: time. While Republicans control the White House, both chambers of Congress, and the Supreme Court, they’re watching Trump’s approval ratings crater into the high 30s as his administration openly threatens to use the shutdown to gut federal programs in blue states.…

President Trump has won roughly 21 emergency rulings from the Supreme Court since taking office in January, allowing his administration to implement controversial policies while legal challenges work through the courts. The White House is celebrating an almost flawless record on what’s known as the shadow docket – the Supreme Court’s expedited process for temporarily…

A Portland police sergeant wrote an email describing three people who were assaulted outside an ICE facility as a “chronic source of police calls” who “constantly return and antagonize the protesters until they are assaulted or pepper sprayed.” The victims included a conservative journalist covering the protests for the Post Millennial. Sgt. Andrew Braun’s email…

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 people involved. On Thursday morning, Trump announced he was meeting with “Russ…

Kash Patel told senators during his confirmation hearings that he had “no interest, no desire and will not, if confirmed, go backwards.” He promised there would be “no politicization at the FBI” and “no retributive actions taken.” On Friday, the FBI director who promised not to go backwards fired at least 15 agents for actions…

The White House didn’t wait for the government shutdown to decide which federal agencies would face mass firings. Officials had already compiled a target list before midnight on October 1, and they’re prepared to announce layoffs as soon as this weekend – possibly tomorrow. The list was assembled by the Office of Management and Budget…

Kilmar Abrego Garcia just lost his latest bid to stay in America, but his story is far from over. An immigration judge in Baltimore denied his application to reopen his 2019 asylum case on Wednesday, setting up yet another round in what’s become one of the most legally bizarre immigration sagas in recent memory. This…

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 like constitutional manifestos, complete with historical references, Reagan quotes, and direct…

The government has been shut down for barely 24 hours, and already the Trump administration is preparing to do something that sounds routine but is actually constitutionally extraordinary: lay off federal workers. Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought told House Republicans Wednesday that reductions in force are “imminent” and “likely a day or…

President Trump stood before 800 generals and admirals at Quantico on Tuesday and declared the military would end “political correctness” and return to merit-based standards focused on “fitness, ability, character, and strength.” He praised Pete Hegseth’s speech condemning “fat troops” and demanding physical excellence from military personnel at every rank. Then critics pointed out that…