President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Jay Clayton, the top U.S. attorney for Manhattan, to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, as Democrats refused to support a critical foreign surveillance program renewal unless Trump removed acting DNI Bill Pulte. The FISA renewal, set to expire Friday, faces delays due to partisan disputes … Read more
The Trump administration has finalized a controversial agreement to deport Iranian, Syrian, and Afghan asylum seekers to the Central African Republic (CAR), a nation experiencing persistent civil instability. According to legal counsel and officials briefed on the matter, the first group of approximately 20 individuals, including asylum seekers who previously secured “withholding of removal” status … Read more
President Donald Trump has appointed Bill Pulte, the current director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as the acting director of national intelligence. The appointment places the 38-year-old official in charge of the 18 agencies comprising the U.S. Intelligence community, including the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, at a time marked by … Read more
A push by the Trump administration to ban voting machines used in more than half of U.S. States collapsed last year after officials failed to provide evidence to justify the move. The effort, led by White House adviser Kurt Olsen, sought to leverage the Commerce Department to declare components within Dominion Voting Systems machines a … Read more
Meta Platforms has reached a settlement in a bellwether lawsuit brought by the Breathitt County School District in eastern Kentucky. The agreement resolves the first case scheduled for trial that sought to hold social media companies financially responsible for the costs school districts say they have incurred to address a mental health crisis they allege … Read more