Forty-five years ago this month, President Jimmy Carter signed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to restrain U.S. intelligence agencies’ power to spy on Americans. A 1976 Senate investigation had found that the FBI’s COINTELPRO surveillance had committed many actions — particularly against Black liberation groups and other targeted organizations — that were illegal, violent,...
Former President Trump said in Iowa that he has more than $100 million in legal fees as he faces a cascade of court battles. In a speech to supporters in Sioux City, Iowa, Trump claimed he lost billions of dollars going into politics and lamented the cost of his legal fees. Trump claimed he turned...
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said Sunday the White House would rather "burn the Senate down" than negotiate on his blockade of more than 360 military promotions to protest the Pentagon's new abortion policy. "It's typical of this place. This administration would rather burn the Senate down, and that's what would happen ... If you change...
Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson endorsed former President Trump in a speech in Iowa on Sunday. Ahead of Trump’s scheduled address, Carson introduced the leading 2024 GOP presidential candidate as “my friend and your friend, and a friend of America.” “As I stand here today, I want to offer my...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has a pickup basketball game with young Chinese students go sideways when he accidentally ran over a young boy attempting to defend him.
From the left: Real Progs Honor All Victims Those tearing down posters of Hamas’ Israeli hostages “are denying the basic humanity of these victims,” argues Sarah Abramsky...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Sunday she will vote against any new foreign aid due to the national debt, including support to Israel in its war against Hamas.
The Biden administration escalated its tricky balancing act Sunday as Israel prepared for an expanded clash with Hamas militants in Gaza, again insisting Israel has the right to avenge the deadly Oct. 7 terrorist rampage but also cautioning that Israeli forces must take extra steps to avoid civilian casualties in the densely populated enclave.
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis conceded Sunday that the dozens of criminal charges against Donald Trump in four separate legal cases have helped the former president in polls.