What is FISA? Surveillance law in spotlight as lawmakers debate key spy program

by admin | Apr 11, 2024 | Politics

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A bill to reauthorize a spy program considered critical to U.S. national security is in limbo on Capitol Hill.An attempt on Wednesday to move ahead with reforming and renewing parts of the Foreign...

Education secretary elevates new deputy chief as college enrollment deadlines loom

by admin | Apr 11, 2024 | Politics

Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will name LaWanda Toney as deputy chief of staff for strategic communications, as the secretary’s team looks to tackle college affordability with enrollment deadlines...

RFK Jr. consultant terminated after saying that voting for him helps ‘get rid of Biden’

by admin | Apr 11, 2024 | Politics

Mario Tama/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign says it has ended its contract with a consultant who was seen on video encouraging people to vote for him in order to get “rid of Biden” even if...

Japan’s Fumio Kashida stresses Ukraine aid, US world role in speech to Congress

by admin | Apr 11, 2024 | Politics

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday addressed a joint meeting of Congress, where he praised U.S. leadership on the world stage as “indispensable.”Kishida is in Washington this week as the U.S....

Biden administration still at odds with Israel over plans for Rafah invasion

by admin | Apr 11, 2024 | Politics

A man walks past tents and shacks erected by destroyed buildings in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, April 9, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) — Even as U.S. officials applaud Israel’s initial steps to address dire humanitarian conditions in Gaza,...