Spy powers skeptics in Congress discussing new language after White House meeting

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill to rename the state’s holiday honoring disgraced Civil Rights leader Cesar Chavez Day to “Farmworkers Day” on Thursday.  Several states have taken similar steps to remove Chavez's name from official charters and celebrations following accusations that the late union leader sexually abused young girls.  Two women accused...

A long-shot libertarian candidate running for the U.S. Senate in Montana pledged to introduce legislation to draft Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) if elected. “I'm running for US Senate. If elected, the first bill I introduce will draft Lindsey Graham into any conflict he publicly supports while in office,” Tom Jandron wrote in a post on...

A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from designating Anthropic a supply chain risk to national security and cutting off the AI company’s work with federal agencies

Senate Democrats voted Thursday to block a House-passed bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), setting the stage for President Trump to declare a national emergency and issue an executive order to pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers. The motion to advance the bill failed by a vote of 53 to 47. It...