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...
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Democratic Leaders Wanted to Control the Maine Senate Race. Their Pick Just Dropped Out.
The Democratic Party’s pick for Maine senator suspended her candidacy on Thursday. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, who entered the race...
‘No credibility’: Obama’s top Iran negotiator torched by State Department after ripping Trump war plan
As the leader of President Barack Obama’s negotiating team on the nuclear agreement with Iran, Wendy Sherman launched a no-holds-barred...
Iran’s $800M oil smuggling scheme uses tankers posing as Iraqi ships to dodge blockade
Sanctioned tankers disguised as Iraqi vessels are moving hundreds of millions of dollars in Iranian crude as President Donald Trump...
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...
ICE Watchers Worry Democrats Are Trying to Co-Opt Their Movements For Votes
A seventeen-second video shows a dark-haired man rapping his pale knuckles gently below the tinted windows of a silver minivan....
Record antisemitic incidents in Canada fuel criticism of Carney government response
The Canadian government led by Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing renewed criticism that it is not doing enough to...
“Me Too” Comes Back to Congress
It’s primary season, this time against a backdrop of heightened concerns and awareness of powerful figures skirting accountability for sexual...
U.S. Personnel Who Died in Mexico Were Working for the CIA, Sources Say
Two U.S. officials who died in Mexico on Sunday worked for the Central Intelligence Agency, two sources told The Intercept....
Democrats Are Split Over What It Means to Block Israel Weapons Deals
Ending U.S. military aid to Israel is now the mainstream position among Democratic leaders. In a historic Senate vote on...
When Anti-War Candidates Become War-Monger Presidents
Sen. Bernie Sanders forced a vote on Wednesday to block the sales of bombs and bulldozers to Israel. The resolutions...
The Dam Breaks: Democratic Senators Overwhelmingly Reject Arms Sales to Israel
Democratic senators overwhelmingly voted to block bomb and bulldozer sales to Israel on Wednesday, in a reflection of the Jewish...
State Department Tells Human Rights Watchdog to Ignore Trump’s Extrajudicial Killings
The United States is waging a pressure campaign against the leading inter-American human rights watchdog to squash a potential investigation...
NFL faces Justice Department probe after fans express frustration with streaming pivot: report
The Justice Department reportedly opened an investigation into the NFL on Thursday over whether the league used anticompetitive tactics against...
DOJ Wants to Scrap Watergate-Era Rule That Makes Presidential Records Public
In this Justice Department handout photo, stacks of boxes can be observed in a bathroom and shower in the Mar-a-Lago...
