Charlie Savage
@charlie_savage
New York Times reporter • Author of "Takeover" & "Power Wars” • Now mostly at Bluesky bc unlike X/Meta it doesn't suppress news links @charliesavage.bsky.social
Trump Claims Sweeping Power to Nullify Laws, Letters on TikTok Ban Show In purporting to license otherwise illegal conduct by tech firms, President Trump set a precedent expanding executive power, legal experts warned. nytimes.com/2025/07/03/us/…
Interesting experiment in defining "woke/PC." I asked Grok why it was saying antisemitic things and it explained that after Musk said to make it less woke/PC, xAI dialed down its content filters so it started amplifying harmful and biased patterns from X threads.
My latest: With Supreme Court Ruling, Another Check on Trump’s Power Fades The court tied the hands of judges at a time when Congress has been cowed and internal executive branch constraints have been steamrolled. (gift link) nytimes.com/2025/06/28/us/…
Highlights of the Citizenship Ruling (That Was Really About Universal Injunctions) The Supreme Court’s conservative bloc reduced the power of district court judges to block government actions nationwide. (gift link) nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/…
Was Trump’s Iran Attack Illegal? Presidential War Powers, Explained. Bombing Iran without congressional authorization escalated a bipartisan trend of presidents bypassing the original intent of the Constitution. nytimes.com/2025/06/23/us/…
After the adverse 9th Circuit ruling on Trump's ability to take federal control of the California National Guard, the state is trying to slow its broader legal challenges to Trump's deployment of troops in Los Angeles way, way down. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
This is business as usual for the Homeland Security way station with staff, cell and bed space to hold not-quite 200 ICE detainees a day.