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EXCLUSIVE: Amid a congressional stalemate, the U.S. intelligence community is straining to spotlight the critical nature of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without providing so much public detail that its targets adapt — while also fighting widespread misunderstandings about the law within Congress. “In trying to describe the value, you also provide to your adversary, whoever they …

Social media users trashed Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, after she turned her gaffe about the moon being “made of gases” into a slam of Republicans on social media Tuesday. Reacting to the backlash she received for telling school children that the moon is made of gases ahead of Monday’s eclipse, the lawmaker said that her Republican critics are hounding …

EXCLUSIVE: Republican senators are gearing up to prevent all legislative business in the Senate from going forward if they don’t get a full trial into the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Six sources told Fox News Digital that roughly a dozen GOP senators have been planning for more than a week to obstruct legislative proceedings and …

Only in Congress can you be late and early at the same time. First, there was criticism that House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., didn’t push sending the articles of impeachment for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after the House voted to impeach him in February. The argument was that the Senate wasn’t ready yet. Plus both chambers wanted to make …

Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is slated to introduce a bill this week that would raise the federal minimum for sexual abusers of children to the death penalty or life in prison, the congresswoman told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview. “One of my big platforms has been: how do you combat child trafficking, just with everything happening …

Republican senators convinced House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to delay the delivery of two impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, citing concerns that Senate Democrats will look to quickly dismiss them once a trial begins in the upper chamber. “To ensure the Senate has adequate time to perform its constitutional duty, the House will transmit the articles of …

A Republican Texas congresswoman is urging New York police officers to pack their bags and head to Texas, offering them a state free of “pro-criminal” politicians that backs the blue and can offer a better quality of life. Rep, Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, has put out an ad in the New York Post urging police officers in the Empire State …

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Monday he plans to meet with members of Congress to discuss support for rebuilding the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which has blocked the main shipping channel at Baltimore’s port for nearly two weeks. “I’m going to be spending part of this week with our delegation going down and meeting with leaders and ranking members …

Former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, the son of an American mother whose composed yet combative leadership in World War II inspired the United Kingdom‘s “finest hour,” was declared an honorary United States citizen on this day in history, April 9, 1963. The proclamation was issued by President John F. Kennedy under the authority of act by the 88th …

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., lambasted Congress on Tuesday for “out of control” federal spending and “unserious” efforts to hold the government accountable. Johnson, the ranking member on the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, spoke at the Heritage Foundation’s Weaponization of U.S. Government Symposium in the morning, where he discussed his investigations into the COVID-19 pandemic response and great difficulty conducting oversight …