Joe Kent’s resignation from a key Trump administration intelligence post has put the spotlight on a small but vocal segment of right-wing figures who believe Israel has pulled President Trump into a war with Iran. Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center before his resignation this past week, asserted that Iran posed “no imminent…
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Friday subpoenaed a local Virginia prosecutor he’s accused of failing to take action against protesters outside the home of White House aide Stephen Miller. The subpoena is an escalation after Jordan demanded an interview with Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, prosecutor for Arlington County and the City of Falls Church. The…
House Republican leaders will not bring a “clean” reauthorization of foreign surveillance powers up for a vote next week as they had hoped, a source familiar with the schedule confirmed to The Hill, as opposition to the program in both parties prevents swift passage. House GOP leaders had eyed a vote next week on an…
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) suggested on Friday that the Iranian regime should be the ones to fulfill a $200 billion supplemental funding request from the Pentagon for its ongoing military operation, not Congress, arguing the country that “started the war” ought to foot the bill. Perry raised the idea during an appearance on CNN’s “The…
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Thursday said she will not back the Pentagon’s bid for $200 billion in supplemental funding amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, as her GOP colleagues grapple with how to approve such a request with a slim majority. “I’ve already told leadership, ‘I am a no on any war supplementals,’” Boebert…
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) formally voted to oppose reauthorization of the nation’s warrantless surveillance powers, a move that could signal difficulty for a House GOP tasked with meeting President Trump’s demand for an 18 month extension of the program. It is the first time the caucus has formally agreed to vote against renewing Section…
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was grilled for a second day of hearings on Thursday on whether Iran was close to building nuclear weapons and if Tehran posed an “imminent threat” to the U.S. before President Trump started the ongoing Middle Eastern war. Gabbard was joined by CIA Director John Ratcliffe; FBI Director Kash…