
Republicans Threaten to End FBI’s Use of Controversial Surveillance Tool
Republican angry with the FBI could help end the bureau’s use of a controversial surveillance tool used to gather phone calls and text messages of foreign targets overseas.
Republican angry with the FBI could help end the bureau’s use of a controversial surveillance tool used to gather phone calls and text messages of foreign targets overseas.
FBI Director Christopher Wray could be without a job if a Republican becomes the next president.
GOP efforts to defund federal law enforcement agencies is similar to the Democrats’ calls to “defund the police,” fellow Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said.
House Republicans are intensifying their efforts to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
House Republicans are canceling plans to vote to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt, saying an agreement has been reached to review a document that they believe are related to President Biden and his family.
House Republicans are considering a move that would prevent a new FBI headquarters from being built by blocking the project’s funding as GOP lawmakers continue to look for ways to punish the bureau.
Republicans have long blamed Democrats for the border crisis, but the White House warned that GOP lawmakers would hurt border security and prompt thousands of job cuts at CBP over their debt ceiling bill.
The Republican-led House narrowly voted on Tuesday to launch an investigation into the FBI, Justice Department and other federal agencies involved in the probe of former President Trump and his supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.