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President Trump calls it the “Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.” The operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro – no congressional authorization, no declaration of war, military force on foreign soil, followed by announced plans to “run the country” – is being framed not as constitutional overreach but as strategic genius updating a 202-year-old…

You might expect a congressional hearing on legal procedure to be dry, but today’s session with former Special Counsel Jack Smith proved that the wounds from January 6th are nowhere near healed—and they are liable to reopen at a moment’s notice. What started as a standard recess quickly dissolved into a scene of shouting and…

A startling admission in federal court has shattered the silence surrounding the Trump administration’s most secretive cost-cutting initiative. For the first time, government officials have acknowledged that members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) bypassed agency protocols to access the private Social Security records of millions of Americans. A Breach of Trust: The Secret…

The quiet intensity of a high-stakes Congressional hearing room was shattered Thursday as the details of a 2022 federal operation were laid bare before the nation. With the former Special Counsel seated just feet away, lawmakers revisited a moment that many consider the most significant stress test of the Fourth Amendment in modern American history.…

The transition of power in Richmond has moved with a speed that has left the Commonwealth’s political establishment breathless. Within hours of her inauguration, Governor Abigail Spanberger moved to dismantle years of Republican policy, triggering a fierce debate over whether her “moderate” campaign was a principled promise or a tactical mask. The Identity Crisis of…

President Trump fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on January 21, his first full day back in office. The termination letter cited “poor performance” and “low intelligence.” Cook sued within hours, arguing the president has no constitutional authority to fire Fed governors. Now the Supreme Court must answer a question that cuts to the core…

It sits in legal purgatory, a signature on a page that could fundamentally rewrite the definition of what it means to be an American, waiting for nine justices to finally say the words they have spent a year avoiding. The procedural delays are over, the lower court skirmishes have exhausted themselves, and the constitutional reckoning…

The clock in the Capitol Rotunda is ticking toward a January 30 deadline, but the sound of pens hitting paper on a $1.2 trillion spending deal has been drowned out by the echoes of gunfire in Minneapolis. While Congressional leaders celebrated a fragile consensus on Tuesday, a growing progressive insurgency threatens to scuttle the entire…

A political and legal firestorm has transformed the Twin Cities into a battlefield over the very nature of American federalism. As thousands of federal agents surge into Minnesota, a high-stakes standoff in federal court is poised to decide whether a state can legally obstruct the enforcement of federal immigration law within its own borders. The…

Three days after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, President Trump received a text from Norway’s prime minister asking him to de-escalate tariff threats against eight countries including Norway. Trump’s response, sent 27 minutes later, revealed the wound was still fresh: “Considering your Country decided not to…