Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani wants to create a $1.1 billion Department of Community Safety that would deploy social workers and mental health professionals to respond to 911 calls instead of police officers. It’s a signature campaign promise and a central plank of his progressive “reimagining public safety” platform. There’s just one problem: New York City has…

Members of Congress earned approximately $20,000 each during the 43-day government shutdown. Their paychecks arrived on schedule every two weeks while air traffic controllers, TSA agents, and over a million federal workers went without pay. The Constitution guarantees it. Article I, Section 6: “The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to…

Dana Williamson was Gavin Newsom’s chief of staff from early 2023 until November 2024, one of the most powerful positions in California government. She was arrested Wednesday on 23 federal counts including conspiracy, fraud, and obstruction of justice for allegedly stealing $225,000 from Xavier Becerra’s dormant campaign account and funneling it to his former chief…

Who Controls America’s Highways? A Constitutional Showdown Over 17,000 Immigrant Trucker Licenses A series of horrific, fatal highway crashes involving immigrant truck drivers has ignited a fierce political and constitutional firestorm. The accidents have pitted the governor of California against the White House in a high-stakes blame game. Now, the livelihoods of 17,000 people are…

Republicans on the House floor erupted in cheers Wednesday night as the vote total crossed the threshold needed to pass. Democrats quietly exited the chamber. The final tally was 222-209. After 43 days – the longest government shutdown in American history – Congress sent a bill to President Trump’s desk to reopen the federal government.…

Former President Donald Trump mocked Rep. Ilhan Omar’s habit of citing the Constitution during a recent interview, caricaturing her as lecturing “what the Constitution says.” Omar fired back within hours. The spat is more than a viral clip. It encapsulates a deeper civic question: Who gets to define the Constitution in public life — elected…

A congressional staffer’s job is to serve the public by navigating the maze of federal bureaucracy. But a new, explosive letter from the Department of Homeland Security alleges that a staffer for a U.S. Senator crossed a profound constitutional line, moving from constituent services to criminal deception. In a formal letter to Senator Tammy Duckworth,…

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history appears to be lurching to a close, but the political war that caused it is far from over. Defeated in their initial standoff, House Democrats are now preparing to use a rare and powerful constitutional tool to keep their fight alive. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has announced a…

The Discharge Petition, The Delayed Swearing-In, And The Epstein Files Trump Doesn’t Want Released Adelita Grijalva won her congressional election on September 23. House Speaker Mike Johnson finally swore her in Wednesday afternoon – 50 days after her election was certified. Not because of vote counting delays or certification problems. Because Johnson refused to administer…

A federal lawsuit filed by a transgender officer at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) now puts one of the nation’s most familiar security routines at the center of a constitutional and workplace-rights storm. The suit alleges that after a February 2025 policy shift, the TSA barred transgender officers from conducting pat-downs of travelers—while still allowing all…

The Republican National Committee (RNC) has succeeded in getting the Supreme Court of the United States to review a major dispute over state laws that allow mail-in ballots to be counted if postmarked by Election Day but received days later. The case centers on whether such “grace period” rules run afoul of federal election-day statutes.…

The final leg of the conservative student organization Turning Point USA “American Comeback Tour” landed this week at University of California, Berkeley — a campus once synonymous with liberal protest and the Free Speech Movement. What unfolded was more than a showdown of ideologies: it was a test of how the Constitution protects speech, protest…

The Senate voted Monday night to end the longest government shutdown in American history. Eight Democratic senators joined Republicans to pass funding legislation that will reopen federal agencies, restore SNAP benefits, and send paychecks to hundreds of thousands of workers who’ve gone without pay for 40 days. The measure now heads to the House, where…

Former President Donald Trump has now taken one of his most politically explosive legal defeats to the nation’s highest court. After losing at trial and on appeal, Trump is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a 5 million dollar civil verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll –…

President Trump announced on his social media platform that Americans can expect checks for $2,000, funded by “massive Tariff Income pouring into our Country from foreign countries.” The money would go to “low and middle income USA Citizens” – direct payments from trade policy revenue. The proposal raises two distinct questions that deserve examination. First,…

The Supreme Court’s latest move wasn’t a full-blown constitutional landmark – it was a short emergency order on a Friday afternoon and then extended on Tuesday. But for roughly 42 million Americans who rely on food assistance, and for anyone who cares about the Separation of Powers, it landed like a thunderclap. By extending a…

David Bookbinder used to be the lawyer representing Boulder, Colorado, in its climate lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy. He’s no longer actively involved in the case. Which apparently freed him up to say what the lawsuit is actually trying to accomplish. “Essentially, the tort liability is an indirect carbon tax,” Bookbinder told a Federalist…

What Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Pivot Reveals About Her 2028 Ambition A few years ago, she was stripped of her committee assignments for liking social media posts that called for the assassination of the Speaker of the House. This week, she appeared on national television to praise that very same Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, for having an…

A president’s power to grant mercy is one of the most sacred trusts in our constitutional system. In a series of breathtakingly brazen moves, President Trump is now wielding that power not as a tool of justice, but as a political weapon to reward his friends, pardon his allies, and place himself and his inner…

The battle for control of Congress in 2026 is not being fought on the campaign trail. It’s being fought right now, state by state, in courtrooms and statehouses over the political maps themselves. This week, the frontline of that war is in Utah, where a single state judge is set to decide which congressional map…

Mark Wolf spent 40 years on the federal bench. He had a lifetime appointment – the kind of job security that exists nowhere else in American life. He could have served until he died, drawing his salary, wielding his power, secure in the knowledge that no president could touch him. Sunday, he walked away from…

Eight Democratic and Independent senators walked onto the floor Sunday evening and voted to end the longest government shutdown in American history. They knew what was coming – fury from their base, accusations of betrayal, charges that they’d surrendered without getting anything in return. They voted yes anyway. The government will reopen. SNAP benefits will…

The Supreme Court issued one of its shortest decisions Monday morning. No explanation. No noted dissents. Just a single sentence declining to hear an appeal that asked them to overturn the constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Kim Davis – the Kentucky county clerk who went to jail in 2015 rather than issue marriage licenses to…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer walked onto the floor Friday morning with what he called “a very simple compromise.” The government would reopen at current spending levels. Three bipartisan appropriations bills would pass. And expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies – the ones keeping millions of Americans’ insurance premiums affordable – would extend for one year.…

A federal judge gave the Trump administration 24 hours to send $4 billion to 42 million hungry Americans. The administration’s response wasn’t to comply – it was to race to the Supreme Court for permission to ignore him. By 9:30 PM Friday, the Supreme Court granted that permission. The temporary block means the very people…

A federal court has just revived a controversial Texas law, plunging performers, business owners, and families into a state of profound legal chaos. The decision, a complex legal maneuver, has not settled the debate. It has thrown gasoline on a fiery national conflict over the First Amendment, public decency, and who gets to decide what…

He was one of the most electrifying and feared baseball players of his generation, a New York legend whose fall from grace was as spectacular and public as his rise. Darryl Strawberry’s story became a dark American tragedy of immense talent destroyed by cocaine addiction, tax evasion, and prison time. Now, that long and painful…

After a nearly four-decade career in Congress, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced this week that she will not seek re-election. Her departure marks the end of an era for one of the most powerful and effective Democratic leaders in American history. But as her long tenure comes to a close, a new report is…

President Trump solved wars in the Middle East, cleaned up Washington’s streets, and is fighting tariff battles at the Supreme Court. But White House allies and Republican strategists say he’s made a critical mistake: he stopped talking about the issues that got him elected. “People don’t think he’s lived up to his promises,” one White…

The results of Tuesday’s off-year elections have sent a shockwave through the Republican Party. Losses in the Virginia and New Jersey governor’s races, coupled with a stunning socialist victory in the New York City mayoral contest, have forced a painful internal reckoning. While party leaders publicly blame “bad candidates,” privately, a much deeper and constitutionally…

It was meant to be a routine victory lap for the Senate Minority Leader, a moment to celebrate a surprisingly good election night for his party amidst a grueling government shutdown. But the carefully orchestrated press conference was suddenly upended by an uninvited guest with a very different message. This unscripted moment on Capitol Hill…

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan will co-chair his all-female mayoral transition team, sending a clear signal about the direction his administration will take when he’s sworn in January 1. Khan, who aggressively pursued antitrust enforcement during Biden’s presidency and is a prominent Bernie Sanders…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sat in the middle rows of the Supreme Court chamber Wednesday, flanked by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The three men responsible for negotiating Trump’s trade deals watched as the justices spent two and a half hours doing something unexpected – holding a Republican president to the…

The old guard has fallen. The political machine that defined New York politics for a generation has been decisively broken. In a stunning and historic election with the highest voter turnout in decades, the “capital of capitalism” has been handed over to a new, radical, and profoundly different kind of leader. Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old…

Polls closed in New York City Tuesday night in a mayoral race that drew more than 2 million voters – the first time turnout has exceeded that threshold since 1969. The contest pits Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist who won the Democratic primary, against Andrew Cuomo, the former governor forced to resign amid harassment…

Dick Cheney died Tuesday at 84 from complications of pneumonia and cardiovascular disease that plagued him throughout his adult life. The former vice president who served alongside George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 was the most powerful second-in-command in American history – the architect of the war on terror, the Iraq invasion, and an…

The polls have officially closed in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and a nervous nation is watching. Tonight’s off-year elections in Virginia and New Jersey are the first major electoral test of President Donald Trump’s second term. These state-level races are being anxiously monitored as a national bellwether, offering the first concrete data on the American…

The lights in the federal government are staying off. A tense and predictable vote on the Senate floor has just ensured that the United States will officially enter the longest government shutdown in its history, a moment of profound institutional failure. Senate Democrats, for the 14th time, have blocked a Republican-passed bill to temporarily fund…

The nine justices of the Supreme Court are about to hear arguments in a case that could fundamentally redraw the map of power in Washington. The case, which the President has just framed as “literally, LIFE OR DEATH for our country,” is not about a social issue. It is about one of the oldest, most…

A Republican lawmaker has taken the extraordinary and rarely used step of introducing articles of impeachment against a sitting federal judge, escalating a brutal political war over the separation of powers. Representative Brandon Gill of Texas on Tuesday filed a resolution to impeach U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, accusing him of “high crimes and misdemeanors”…

The battle for the future of New York City’s traffic is heading for another major collision between state and federal power. President Trump has just renewed his promise to kill the city’s controversial congestion pricing plan, ordering his Transportation Secretary to once again find a way to terminate the program. This is not just a…

The race for mayor of New York City has just been nationalized in the most dramatic way possible. On the eve of the election, the President of the United States has intervened, not just with an endorsement, but with a direct and constitutionally explosive threat against the city’s 8 million residents. In a lengthy social…

A political “civil war” has been raging within the conservative movement, a battle for its very soul. This week, the shooting has stopped, and a victor has been declared. The man who says “Hitler is awesome” has been welcomed in from the cold. The friendly, legitimizing interview of white supremacist Nick Fuentes by conservative media…

A firestorm has erupted on Capitol Hill, aimed directly at a single, powerful federal judge. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg is facing a torrent of criticism from Republican senators, with some even calling for his impeachment, after it was revealed he signed off on subpoenas for their phone records during the Jan. 6 investigation. But…

The words were vile, specific, and violent. A former Coast Guard officer wrote online that he wanted someone to “take the shot” at President Trump, adding that he “would twist the knife after sliding it into [Trump’s] fatty flesh” and would “pitch in” for a hitman. The Department of Justice charged him with a felony…

The long and heated war over who gets to set the rules for America’s elections has just seen a decisive battle. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has issued a permanent, final ruling on the President’s attempt to unilaterally change how Americans register to vote. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has permanently blocked a key…

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…

Twenty-five Democratic governors and attorneys general filed an emergency lawsuit Tuesday demanding the Trump administration release $9.2 billion in food stamp benefits for November, warning that 42 million Americans will lose SNAP assistance starting November 1 if the government shutdown continues. The USDA says it won’t tap its $5 billion contingency fund to cover the…

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…

A quiet but significant power struggle is erupting within the Department of Homeland Security, the massive federal agency tasked with securing America’s borders and enforcing its immigration laws. A major leadership overhaul is underway at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with numerous field office chiefs reportedly being removed and replaced by officials from U.S.…

Congress handed the agency a blank check, a mandate to more than double its size in a matter of months. But the massive hiring surge at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is running into a hard reality: finding qualified recruits is proving far more difficult than lawmakers anticipated. Now, facing a looming deadline, the…

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…

If you’ve been in an airport this week, you’ve felt it. The lines are longer, the departure boards are a sea of red “delayed” warnings, and a palpable tension is in the air. The partial government shutdown – for weeks a political headline from a distant Washington, D.C. – has now spiraled into a full-blown…

A fuse has just been lit under one of the most explosive questions in modern American politics: who was truly in charge during the final years of the Biden presidency? A scathing new report from the House Oversight Committee alleges a deliberate White House “cover-up” of the former president’s cognitive decline, raising profound constitutional questions…

The strange legal odyssey of one Salvadoran migrant has just taken another bizarre and constitutionally troubling turn. Federal prosecutors, who have pursued criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia with vigor, have now signaled to a judge that they would rather deport him immediately – possibly to Liberia – than actually bring him to trial. This…

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…

With off-year elections just a week away, the Department of Justice has announced it will be sending federal observers to polling places in specific counties in California and New Jersey. On the surface, this might seem like a routine exercise of federal oversight. But the context surrounding this decision – coming amid a broader campaign…