The Trump admin suspends federal funding for Los Angeles's primary homelessness support agency, accusing it of fraud and 'wanton mismanagement' of taxpayer dollars.
A key foreign intelligence authority is set to expire this Friday unless it is renewed by Congress. The nomination of Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director Bill Pulte to serve as the nation’s next top intelligence officer has placed the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in peril. Senate Democrats...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says that a third budget reconciliation package to fund the military amid the ongoing conflict with Iran is on the table, even though senior Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee earlier this week expressed their doubts about reconciliation 3.0. “If there’s a good reason to do another reconciliation bill,...
President Trump asked Congress for a short-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), an effort to give time to nominate and confirm a permanent director of national intelligence amid threats from Democrats to not renew the act if Bill Pulte remains acting director of the agency. In a TruthSocial post...
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Wednesday said he will launch an inquiry into entrance fees for the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) going toward President Trump's "vanity projects." Schiff, along with several other senators, wrote in a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum that visitors to the parks contribute to the NPS budget "by purchasing...
The mid-decade redistricting war is taking shape as states lock in their maps for the midterms. Where do things stand state-by-state and court-by-court? Join Legal Affairs Reporter Zach Schonfeld and Morning Report author Jared Gans for a discussion on all of that and more. They will also take your questions. The discussion is scheduled to...
The annual inflation rate increased to its highest point in three years as the cost of energy and other goods rose due to the Iran war, according to data released by the Department of Labor on Wednesday. The consumer price index (CPI), a popular gauge of inflation, rose 4.2 percent over the past 12 months...