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A police officer mans a shooting scene after a gunman opened fire on Republican members of Congress during a baseball practice near Washington in Alexandria, Virginia, June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats (2nd-R) testifies as he appears alongside acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe (L), Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (2nd-L) and National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers (R) at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in Washington, U.S., June 7, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
US Intel Community Backs Bill Allowing Collection of Overseas Data
The White House and US intelligence community on Wednesday said they backed making permanent a law that allows for the collection of digital communications of foreigners overseas and that pass through US phone or internet providers, escalating a fight in Congress over...Caption:
Flag scarf and button on a Donald Trump supporter at a campaign event. Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times
Republicans Are Now the ‘America First’ Party
For most of my career, the Republican Party was pretty easy to define. It stood for small government, an internationalist foreign policy, free trade, and moral and religious conservatism. Ronald Reagan was the party’s North Star. Of course, there have always been...Caption:
op Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said ahead of the vote, “The nuclear option means the end of a long history of consensus on Supreme Court nominations,” describing the Senate’s ability to use the 60-vote threshold as “the guardrail of our democracy”
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said ahead of the vote, “The nuclear option means the end of a long history of consensus on Supreme Court nominations,” describing the Senate’s ability to use the 60-vote threshold as “the guardrail of our democracy” (AFP Photo/MANDEL NGAN)
Republicans Take Historic Step for Trump Supreme Court Pick
Washington- United States Republicans swatted away decades of tradition Thursday by changing Senate rules to ensure Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, bypassing the first-ever successful opposition block on a high-court nominee. President Donald...Caption:
People protest Trump administration policies that threaten the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Medicaid, near the Wilshire Federal Building on January 25, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. AFP / DAVID MCNEW