There are special procedures at the FBI that require that all information presented in a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) application be extreme-vetted for accuracy and presented to the FISA court only if verified. A question has arisen as to …
Continue ReadingA skeleton of a dinosaur has been found in Egypt’s West Desert and could be a signal that there are more finds to come. The discovery is a new species of long-necked herbivore and is around the size of a …
Continue ReadingA man in Indiana, Mark May, filed a federal lawsuit last week saying it was his first amendment right to give an Indiana State Trooper the middle finger.
The State Trooper, Matt Ames, reportedly cut May off in pursuit of …
Continue ReadingFormer senior adviser to Donald Trump Steve Bannon is defying a subpoena issued by the House intelligence Committee to testify today. Bannon is risking being held in contempt for failing to comply.
Bannon appeared before the Committee last month …
Continue ReadingTwo days away from a government shutdown, there is still is no indication how, or when, the debate over a sweeping immigration reform bill will begin. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promised to bring bills covering immigration, defense and other …
Continue ReadingSenators Grassley and Graham revealed their referral to the Justice Department for an investigation into former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele. They wanted the FBI and the DOJ to look into whether Steele provided misleading information to the agencies about …
Continue ReadingAdvances in surveying technology have allowed researchers to uncover what are believed to be the remains of large Mayan cities beneath the jungles of Guatemala. Sixty thousand previously undiscovered structures have discovered according to scientists.
By attaching sensors to …
Continue ReadingThe House Intelligence Committee has voted unanimously to send the Democrats’ rebuttal memo to the White House for review today. The committee had a 5 p.m. meeting on Monday in which the vote took place. The president now has five …
Continue ReadingErnst & Young, in an audit, found that the Defense Logistics Agency, one of the Pentagon’s largest agencies, has failed to properly account for hundreds of millions of dollars in spending in its annual budget. The accounting firm, conducting …
Continue ReadingThe Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 1,100 points Monday erasing its gains for the year in a wild trading session. The average had dropped more than 1,500 points during the day before recovering and closing the day, …
Continue ReadingA group of early employees at Facebook and Google have banded together to counter the effects of the companies hey helped build. The employees are forming a consortium of experts called the Center of Humane Technology. Along with the …
Continue ReadingSenators Chuck Grassley and Lindsey Graham have asked the FBI to release the FISA applications used to obtain warrants to spy on the Trump campaign, specifically foreign policy adviser Carter Page. The senators say that in light of President Trump’s …
Continue ReadingRanking member on the House Intelligence Committee, Democrat Adam Schiff of California, fired back at President Trump this morning after the president assailed Schiff for his role in the ongoing Russia investigations. Schiff has been one of the president’s most …
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court has declined to block a redrawing of Pennsylvania’s congressional districts. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in January that the State’s map had to be redrawn because it was contrived in a way that heavily favored the …
Continue ReadingA CNN employee found copies of DHS plans detailing the response to a simulated anthrax attack on Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis in the seat-back pocket of a commercial plane. Also found were a travel itinerary and a boarding …
Continue ReadingSens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Chris Coons (D-DE), are planning to introduce an immigration bill in the Senate today. The bill will provide legal status for immigrants living in the country illegally and also provides some funding for border …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump began the day going after the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff, accusing him of being one of Washington D.C.’s biggest leakers. He’s “right up there with [former FBI Director James] Comey, [Senate Intelligence Committee …
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