Trump’s backing of spy powers puts GOP’s FISA 702 critics in tough spot

President Trump’s reversal in pushing lawmakers to renew the nation’s warrantless spy powers is putting pressure on the House GOP and some of the tool’s most fervent critics to back its reauthorization. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) allows the government to spy on foreigners located abroad. But the tool has long…

‘Plainly Wrong’: Berkeley Law Dean Accused of Violating Settlement Agreement Over ‘Anti-Zionist’ Student Group Bylaws

‘Dean Chemerinsky’s email is wrong, and we will be addressing the issue with the university,’ Brandeis Center lawyer Paul Eckles says L: Erwin Chemerinsky (law.berkeley.edu) R: A demonstration at the University of California, Berkeley (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) A Jewish legal advocacy group is accusing the University of California, Berkeley’s law school dean of violating the

Columbia’s Socialist Students Vow To ‘Liaise’ With ‘Death to America’ Group, Contradicting School’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy

The Ivy League school has said it will blacklist student groups for affiliating with CUAD and claimed no recognized groups were doing so Columbia University protest (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Columbia-Barnard Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA), a recognized student group, says it is working “to plan actions and liaise with Columbia University Apartheid Divest [CUAD],”

Supreme Court to Decide Whether Ballots Received After Election Day Are Counted

The Supreme Court in Washington on Feb. 17, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. Supreme Court on March 23 will hear Mississippi’s appeal against a lower court ruling striking down its law allowing ballots received after Election Day to be counted. The counting of ballots received after Election Day has become an increasingly contentious