Intelligence Committee Leaders Defend NSA Surveillance

(WASHINGTON) -- The leaders of the Senate and House Intelligence committees defended the National Security Agency’s phone and internet surveillance programs revealed last week, saying that th... Read More

Republican Senator Lends Support to Immigration Reform Bill

(WASHINGTON) -- Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire said Sunday that she will support the immigration reform bill drafted by the bipartisan “Gang of Eight,” arguing that the l... Read More

Newark Mayor Cory Booker Formally Announces Senate Bid

(TRENTON, N.J.) -- Newark Mayor Cory Booker announced on Saturday that he will seek the Senate seat made vacant when Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., died earlier this week. “I&rsquo... Read More

Obama: US, China Must Develop 'Firm Understanding' on Cybersecurity

(PALM SPRINGS, Calif.) – President Obama Friday night sought to make a clear distinction between his administration’s domestic surveillance and cyber espionage, after the first in a ser... Read More

Rubio Optimistic About Immigration Reform

(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., believes that the immigration bill he helped write will eventually get enough votes to break a filibuster in the Senate. Earlier this week, Rubi... Read More

President Obama's Weekly Address: Fixing the Immigration System

(WASHINGTON) -- President Barack Obama urged congress to work together to reform The United States’ “broken immigration system,” in his weekly address. The president began by s... Read More

GOP Address: Indiana Rep. Luke Messer on Student Loans

(WASHINGTON) -- In this week’s GOP address, Indiana Rep. Luke Messer spoke of the importance of preventing a rate hike for federal student loans. Messer began by telling a bit of his own s... Read More

US Attorney Seeks 4-Year Sentence for Jesse Jackson Jr.

(WASHINGTON) -- A U.S. attorney Friday recommended a four-year prison sentence and the forfeiture of $750,000 for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois. U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen sought th... Read More

Obama: 'Nobody Is Listening to Your Telephone Calls'

(SAN JOSE, Calif.) -- President Obama on Friday dismissed the “hype” surrounding his administration’s secret surveillance of Americans’ phone records and the nation’s... Read More

Wikileaks Redux? Intel Officials Fear More Leaks

(WASHINGTON) -- The Guardian appears to have obtained yet another “TOPSECRET/NOFORN” document. This one is a Presidential Policy Directive on U.S. cyber operations and di... Read More