Two U.S. lawmakers with national security expertise warned on Sunday that President Donald Trump’s choice of Bill Pulte to be his chief intelligence adviser could stand in the way of renewing an expiring foreign surveillance law.
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Republicans and Democrats are skeptical that Trump faces an actual revolt, but a greater willingness to break with him could pose a threat to his most ambitious initiatives between now and Election Day.
Most of the 13 U.S. treatment centers in a government-funded hospital network for severe infectious diseases are ready to handle patients, including those with Ebola if needed, representatives from the hospitals said this week.
President Donald Trump’s administration unlawfully barred applicants from 39 travel‑ban countries from receiving decisions on asylum, work permits, green cards and citizenship, a U.S. federal judge ruled on Friday.
Seven Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday joined Democrats to block debate on reauthorization of an expiring foreign surveillance law.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will ask an appeals court on Friday to allow construction of a $400 million ballroom on the site of the White House’s demolished East Wing, pitting Trump against preservationists in a case testing the limits of presidential authority.
New York Democrats have taken the first step toward redrawing the state’s congressional map for the 2028 election cycle, a move that could eventually yield a handful of U.S. House of Representatives seats for the party.
President Donald Trump said he would move to nominate acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday to permanently lead the Justice Department, which would make his former personal lawyer the nation’s top law enforcement officer.
John Bolton, a prominent critic of U.S. President Donald Trump who once served as his national security adviser, will pay a fine of $2.25 million to settle charges of mishandling classified documents, three sources said on Thursday.
U.S. Senate Republicans will have to grapple with the ultimate fate of President Donald Trump’s sidelined $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund on Thursday, in a marathon session before voting on a $70 billion bill to fund an immigration crackdown.