GOP state AGs backing SAVE Act

A group of Republican attorneys general are voicing support for the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, as the Senate debates the election reform legislation this week.  In a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) obtained by The Hill, five GOP attorneys general wrote that the…

Oversight Democrat on meeting with Comer, Bondi: ‘We all just f—ing had it’

Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) slammed a meeting the House Oversight Committee had with Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche regarding the Epstein files on Wednesday, which also upset other Democrats. Ansari, in a video posted to the social platform X on Wednesday night, described her experience in the meeting, saying she…

House eyes clean FISA reauthorization vote that will be tricky

House GOP leaders are aiming for a clean reauthorization of key provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) next week, a vote that could be tricky given demands from conservative Republicans on reforms and on the unrelated SAVE America Act voting bill. Section 702 of FISA, which authorizes surveillance of foreign nationals outside the…

Blanche, Bondi hold closed-door meeting with lawmakers on Epstein files

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche held a closed-door meeting Wednesday with lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee over files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that did not land well with Democrats, as Bondi faces a subpoena from the committee. “We were told 24 hours ago, the attorney general…