Senate plans first vote on immigration bill

Senate Republicans released updated text for their immigration enforcement bill Wednesday, officially dropping funding related to President Donald Trump’s ballroom project. Republicans unveiled the legislative language shortly before they scheduled a first procedural vote to take up the measure around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. But GOP leaders are still facing pushback over the the Justice Department’s

Senate moving forward with reconciliation bill, dropping ballroom funds

Washington — Senate Republicans are moving forward with a package to fund the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration agencies on Wednesday, following a back-and-forth over the Justice Department’s “anti-weaponization” fund that threatened to derail the long-sought funding. A revised version of one part of the package released Wednesday also dropped language that would have provided

Privacy hawks rail against Senate FISA proposal with 3-year CBDC ban

Privacy-minded conservatives in the House are pushing back against a Senate proposal to pair a temporary ban on the creation of central bank digital currency (CBDC) with a long-term extension of the federal government’s warrantless spying powers. Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chair of the Senate…

Johnson: Democrats ‘playing politics’ with FISA over Pulte appointment 

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) lambasted Democrats for suggesting that President Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence could imperil reauthorization of the nation’s foreign spy powers that are due to expire next week. Johnson said in a press conference Wednesday that it is “absolutely outrageous” that Democrats are suggesting that…