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Trump elevating Bill Pulte as intelligence chief could mean FISA spy power expires
WASHINGTON — A powerful surveillance tool backed by national security hawks faces a risk of expiring this week after President Donald Trump moved to put it in the hands of an ally without a national security background. Last week, Trump tapped housing official Bill Pulte to replace the departing Tulsi Gabbard on an acting basis as Director of National Intelligence. Pulte is known for pushing criminal investigations into Trump’s adversaries for mortgage fraud, which Democrats and the targets...
REPS ANDY HARRIS, KEITH SELF, SEN RICK SCOTT: Fix FISA. Don’t spy on us
America’s founding generation did not take up arms merely over unreasonable taxation. They understood ceding their rights to the government for promise of security was a bad deal. They believed risking death to live free was better than subsisting under tyranny.
Deal to Renew FISA Surveillance Law Falters in the Senate Over Pulte
Mr. Trump tapped Mr. Pulte, a businessman and close political ally who has used his role as federal housing director as a perch to carry out a campaign of retribution against the president’s perceived enemies.
Senate push to reauthorize nation’s spy powers stumbles over controversial Trump decision
The Senate failed to move one step closer to extending the nation’s spy powers amid brewing consternation against President Donald Trump's pick to lead the nation’s intelligence agencies. Nearly every Senate Democrat, and six Senate Republicans banded together to block a procedural hurdle to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in the wee hours of Friday morning. The stumble comes as the deadline to make a move on the spy powers next week rapidly approaches.
Senate push to reauthorize nation’s spy powers stumbles over controversial Trump decision
The Senate failed to move one step closer to extending the nation’s spy powers amid brewing consternation against President Donald Trump's pick to lead the nation’s intelligence agencies. Nearly every Senate Democrat, and six Senate Republicans banded together to block a procedural hurdle to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in the wee hours of Friday morning. The stumble comes as the deadline to make a move on the spy powers next week rapidly approaches.
Trump presses on with plan to install Bill Pulte as acting intelligence chief
Lawmakers warn appointment of presidential loyalist will scuttle bipartisan agreement to renew Fisa surveillance lawDonald Trump is pushing ahead with his controversial plan to install political loyalist Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence, a move that has sparked bipartisan congressional backlash and imperiled the reauthorization of a powerful surveillance law set to expire at the end of this week. Trump’s Tuesday evening announcement came after he met earlier in the day...
Trump urges pick for top intelligence official to fire ‘a lot of people’
President said he’d like to see intelligence agencies shrink as Senate blocks Fisa extension amid disquiet over nomination of Bill PulteUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has urged a controversial loyalist he installed as the country’s top intelligence official to fire “a lot of people” overseeing intelligence for the US federal government. The US president said Bill Pulte, who has no previous experience in the intelligence sphere, is “less shackled” because he has only been...
Senate blocks surveillance bill in dispute over Trump’s intelligence pick
Seven Republican senators joined Democrats to block Fisa extension amid disquiet over nomination of Bill PulteUS politics live – latest updatesSeven Republican senators joined Democrats early on Friday to block the extension of a powerful government surveillance program, a rebuke to Donald Trump for choosing an inexperienced ally as the country’s top intelligence official. The renewal had been in question amid bipartisan concern over the US president’s appointment of Bill Pulte, a major...
House Republicans push $70 billion immigration funding package toward passage
A monthslong stalemate over immigration enforcement could come to an end on Tuesday, as the U.S. House is poised to vote on a $70 billion funding package despite Democrats' vows to fight back. It's a major test for House Speaker Mike Johnson as he tries to cement one of President Donald Trump's top domestic priorities. Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., chair of the House Democratic Caucus, called the package a "$70 billion blank check for ICE and border patrol, with no strings attached."