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The White House has reportedly begun the process of replacing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, following a series of controversies that have raised concerns about his leadership and judgment. While official statements deny any plans for his removal, multiple sources indicate that discussions are underway to find a successor.​ A Series of Controversies Hegseth, a former…

What does it mean when the federal government turns the collections machine back on? For the first time since March 2020, the U.S. Department of Education will resume collecting on defaulted federal student loans. The move ends a pandemic-era pause that protected millions of borrowers from wage garnishments, tax refund seizures, and other aggressive enforcement…

What happens when a sitting judge is connected—however loosely—to one of the world’s fastest-growing criminal syndicates? In Las Cruces, New Mexico, that question just stopped being theoretical. A local magistrate judge, Jose “Joel” Cano, abruptly resigned in March after a Venezuelan national allegedly tied to the violent Tren de Aragua gang was arrested at a…

What happens when an institution designed to stay out of politics finds itself caught in the center of a political storm? That’s the question now confronting the U.S. Army, after the sudden suspension of a commanding officer at Fort Liberty in the wake of a controversy involving the removal of top civilian leaders—President Donald Trump,…

What happens when the federal government uses its financial muscle to shape the ideology of America’s universities? That’s no longer a theoretical question. Harvard University—one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious academic institutions—is now at the center of a growing constitutional storm. The Trump administration has taken direct aim at elite universities like Harvard,…

What happens when a government office created to streamline bureaucracy is accused of overstepping constitutional boundaries? That’s the question at the heart of a new federal court order targeting the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a relatively new agency under the Trump administration tasked with rooting out waste, fraud, and mismanagement. A federal judge has…

How far can the federal government go to dismantle private power? That’s no longer a hypothetical question. This month, the Biden-era legal framework collided head-on with a Trump-era enforcement engine, as Google, Meta, Apple, and Amazon all face serious antitrust trials—some of which could end in corporate breakups. What was once a slow burn of…

Is a presidency still powerful if the public turns away from it? As Donald Trump enters the second quarter of his second term as President of the United States, his approval rating is not just a political metric – it’s becoming a constitutional stress test. With numbers hovering in the low- to mid-40s, and disapproval…

Is the Supreme Court now second-guessing the Constitution’s own text? That’s the charge Justice Samuel Alito levels in his sharp dissent from a recent decision temporarily blocking the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan nationals. Calling the Court’s move “legally questionable,” Alito took direct aim at what he…

Can a law written during the presidency of John Adams still determine who stays in the United States today? That’s the constitutional dilemma at the center of a new Supreme Court order blocking the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. In a 5–4 decision, the justices halted removals…