Tag: Surveillance

Beltway Confidential

Chris McDaniel’s feud with Mississippi governor delaying conservative support for his Senate campaign

Al Weaver · March 18, 2018 4:01 am

Former FBI Director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

National Security

Top FBI official warned James Comey in 2014 of inefficiencies in warrantless phone surveillance program: Report

Katie Leach · March 16, 2018 12:03 am

In a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe sent Tuesday and made public Wednesday, Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., request "all proposed and final applications for surveillance warrants." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

GOP senators call for second counsel to investigate DOJ, FBI’s actions on Russia before Robert Mueller

Kelly Cohen · March 15, 2018 11:20 pm

President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he reviews border wall prototypes, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in San Diego.

Beltway Confidential

White House opposes trading 3-year DACA extension for 3 years of border wall money

Sarah Bedford · March 14, 2018 6:33 pm

Blackwater founder Erik Prince spent hours, without a lawyer, answering questions from the House Intelligence Committee about a meeting he had with a Russian in the Seychelles. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: In Trump-Russia probe, what’s with that meeting in the Seychelles?

Byron York · March 11, 2018 6:01 am

Two criminal statutes have five-year statutes of limitations, establishing a Monday deadline to charge former intelligence chief James Clapper for allegedly lying to Congress. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

National Security

James Clapper avoids charges for ‘clearly erroneous’ surveillance testimony

Steven Nelson · March 11, 2018 4:01 am

Two criminal statutes have five-year statutes of limitations, establishing a Monday deadline to charge former intelligence chief James Clapper for allegedly lying to Congress. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

James Clapper avoids charges for ‘clearly erroneous’ surveillance testimony

Steven Nelson · March 11, 2018 4:01 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions appeared opposite Tucker Carlson on Fox News Friday night. (screenshot via Fox News)

Jeff Sessions still hesitant to appoint second special counsel to investigate FBI, DOJ

Daniel Chaitin · March 10, 2018 2:14 am

President Trump is expected to announce a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum this week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans will let tariffs ruin the economy, because they are afraid of angering Trump

Philip Wegmann · March 8, 2018 6:46 pm

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said there are still some officials that have yet to respond to a survey on the so-called "Trump dossier." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Obama, Trump officials face subpoenas if they don’t answer House Intel questionnaire on dossier by Friday

Daniel Chaitin · March 8, 2018 3:43 am

Supporters of two Obamacare stabilization bills are looking into adding protections that prevent the money from funding abortions into a must-pass, two-year spending bill Congress is expected to take up this month. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said, "Hyde language needs to be in whatever we do." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

House Republicans seek anti-abortion protections in Obamacare stabilization bills

Robert King · March 8, 2018 12:27 am

"While gun control is not the answer, the best and most effective path forward, I believe, is one that safeguards our schools from becoming "soft targets," or areas with little to stand in the way of someone with bad intentions," said Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Mark Meadows proposes $1.5B to boost school safety after Florida shooting

Anna Giaritelli · March 7, 2018 6:52 pm