LIVE NOW: House Armed Services Committee Holds Defense Intelligence Enterprise Hearing

The House Armed Services Committee holds a hearing titled “Defense Intelligence Enterprise – Challenges, Priorities, and Resourcing for Fiscal Year 2027” at 3:30 p.m. ET on April 16. Witnesses: Bradley D. Hansell, undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security Gen. Joshua M. Ru… Original News Source Link – Epoch Times

Republicans discuss boosting existing spy powers guardrails as FISA compromise

Republicans are discussing a year-long renewal of the nation’s warrantless spy powers in exchange for strengthening current aspects of the law, multiple sources involved in the talks told The Hill. Such a package would scale back the 18-month timeline requested by President Trump in renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act (FISA), which…

Judge Limits Construction of White House Ballroom to ‘Below-Ground’

Architect Shalom Baranes shows a site plan for a new $400 million White House ballroom during a meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission in Washington on Jan. 8, 2026. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A federal judge ordered on April 16 that construction of the White House ballroom be limited to underground. In a 10-page opinion,