Trump’s Intel Pick Played Key Role in NYT Subpoenas — But Some Democrats Still On the Fence
Progressive groups are demanding that Democrats on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence oppose Jay Clayton’s nomination as director of...
Ron Wyden
Senate Democrats Aren’t Happy About Trump’s Spy Law Ultimatum
Before President Donald Trump threw his latest hand grenade into congressional negotiations over a key domestic spying law, two factions...
Are Jeffries and Schumer Getting Ready to Greenlight Domestic Spy Power for Trump?
When Congressional Democrats rallied against President Donald Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte to serve as temporary director of national intelligence...
Momentum Builds to Rein In Domestic Spying Law — Whether or Not Bill Pulte Survives as Intel Chief
For years, centrist Democrats like Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia dismissed claims that a key National Security Agency surveillance program...
Another Assassination Attempt, More Fertilizer for Conspiracy Theories
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner last weekend became the site of the third failed attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump....
Ron Wyden Is Pissing Off the NSA’s Biggest Backers. Tom Cotton Warns There Will Be “Consequences.”
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., keeps getting under the skin of the NSA’s biggest supporters with his warnings about intelligence agency...
Mike Johnson Used Crypto Catnip to Get Freedom Caucus Support for Domestic Spy Law
Far-right Republicans in the House, including many members of the Freedom Caucus, revealed the price of their support for a...
Kash Patel Is Using MAGA’s Favorite Tool to Muzzle the Free Press
FBI Director Kash Patel speaks alongside Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche during a news conference on April 21, 2026,...
Dem Leaders Aren’t Even Bothering to Rally Caucus Against Trump Domestic Spying Powers
The House of Representatives is set to vote Wednesday on renewing a spy power that grants the Trump administration warrantless...
OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us
OpenAI claims it has accomplished what Anthropic couldn’t: securing a Pentagon contract that won’t cross professed red lines against dragnet...
Controversial Warrantless Spying Law Expiring Soon and Trump Officials Are Silent On It
Congress has two months to decide whether to abandon, renew, or reform a controversial surveillance law at the heart of...
Coalition of 207 women lawmakers file amicus brief in support of protecting female athletes for SCOTUS review
More than 200 women lawmakers have signed an amicus brief backing the legal defense to "save women's sports" ahead of...
Dan Goldman Supported Warrantless Spying on Americans. Now His Primary Opponent Is Hitting Him for It.
The House was debating a powerful National Security Agency spying program when Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., rose to side against...
Wyden Blasts Kristi Noem for Abusing Subpoena Power to Unmask ICE Watcher
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is calling on the Department of Homeland Security to cease what he describes as an illegal...
Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith clash over FBI gambling probe allegedly involving NBA figures: ‘That’s stupidity’
The biggest story in sports, let alone the NBA, was the FBI gambling probe that was announced on Thursday, which...
