‘Warrants or bust’: House hard-liners deliver ultimatum ahead of spy powers vote
A long-brewing confrontation over Section 702 surveillance authorities comes to a head next week.
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Democrats brush off latest DHS counteroffer from White House: ‘Wholly inadequate’
Democrats on Wednesday sharply criticized the White House’s latest counter-proposal aimed at ending the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, arguing that it falls short of sufficiently addressing their concerns about the administration’s immigration crackdown. The counterproposal, outlined in a letter by border czar Tom Homan and White House legislative affairs director James Braid, is…
House rejects effort to force a balanced budget in the US
Even the chair of the House Budget Committee was forecasting the symbolic measure would fall flat.
House Ethics will forge ahead with Cherfilus-McCormick trial
The panel denied the Florida Democrat’s request for a delay.
Mullin’s DHS nomination set for quick vote ‘as of now,’ Rand Paul says
The Oklahoma senator’s secretive travel a decade ago emerged as a late-breaking issue in his confirmation.
Kiley switches parties, loses committees
Rep. Kevin Kiley, the former Republican who recently registered as an Independent, said in an interview Wednesday he plans to caucus with the House GOP and will seek to regain his committee assignments. The California lawmaker was formally removed from his panels Wednesday after giving official notice he was switching parties to serve as an
House Democrats open investigation into Lewandowski
House Democrats on Wednesday heightened their investigation into Corey Lewandowski, a special government employee at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) who has been accused of mismanagement and corruption. Lewandowski was reportedly serving as a de-facto adviser to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and oversaw the approval of contracts and grants totaling more than $100,000 under…