The House has approved a three year extension of the surveillance program known as FISA Section 702. The bill now heads to the Senate, where it faces a difficult path to final passage.
President Trump told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel should only take "surgical" military action in Lebanon and avoid a full resumption of the war, the president told Axios in a phone interview. Why it matters: The ceasefire Trump helped broker in Lebanon is only being partially observed, and officials in both Israel and Lebanon are concerned it will collapse entirely even before it's due to expire in mid-May. - There has also been no progress in launching Israel-Lebanon peace talks, despite Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosting two meetings with the respective ambassadors. - And while the Trump administration claims the ceasefire in Lebanon is unconnected to the ceasefire with Iran, a resumption of war there would…
Text messages reveal Biden-era DOJ prosecutors joked about prosecuting Catholic nuns who attended a pro-Trump rally.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Prosecutors Joseph Cooney and Molly Gaston, both of whom served in the Department of Justice (DOJ) under former President Joe Biden , apparently targeted Catholic nuns for attending the “Stop the Steal” rally on January 6, 2021, according to recently released text messages. DETAIL: Text messages shared on Wednesday by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)—who is investigating Arctic Frost, a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probe into Republicans and conservatives—reveal that Biden DOJ prosecutors Cooney and Gaston seemingly targeted Catholic nuns attending the “Stop the Steal” rally. Grassley said the texts demonstrated a “total disdain for equal justice” and an apparent willingness to target people…Open
On Wednesday's "The Record with Greta Van Susteren," Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson responded to current Prime Minister Keir Starmer's refusal to help the United States with the Iran war.
With the Voting Rights Act
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“This will matter in the election,” they wrote in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal.
As global temperatures rise, extreme heat could threaten athletes, fans, workers and officials during this year's World Cup games.
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The MS NOW host said the president's "authoritarian obsession" is totally taking him away from the crisis.
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Jessica Tarlov shared more than a dozen examples of inflammatory rhetoric from President Donald Trump to push back against her colleagues.
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