Senate Republicans propose 3-year extension of key surveillance power
The GOP bill is circulating just as a key Trump intelligence appointment has thrown Democratic support for a Section 702 extension into doubt.
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GOP senators look to Blanche for signals on DOJ fund’s fate
“I think his statements are going to be very definitive,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
Schumer shares few details on meeting with Platner
The Maine oysterman was not the Senate minority leader’s first choice to challenge Susan Collins.
DOJ fund is ‘being set aside,’ Johnson says amid GOP confusion
The speaker said the Trump administration is also abandoning efforts to secure ballroom money in the pending party-line immigration bill.
Johnson on Pulte
Speaker Mike Johnson said he is deferring to President Donald Trump on his choice of housing official Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence. “The president has the right to make those confirmations or appointments, and the Senate, you know, has to weigh in as well,” Johnson said in an interview. “So, we’ll see
Capitol agenda: Trump officials try to calm ‘slush’ fund fury
President Donald Trump may need to explicitly renounce his controversial “Anti-Weaponization Fund” before Republicans move a stalled immigration enforcement bill.
Koch-aligned PAC launches first big Senate ad buy — and includes Montana
The ads come a few weeks after Americans for Prosperity Action warned the GOP’s Senate majority is “at risk.”