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Washington Examiner – by Susan Ferrechio

The Senate just barely advanced legislation on Tuesday to reauthorize a key counterterrorism surveillance tool after several Republicans and Democrats demanded more privacy protections for U.S. citizens.

The bill, a six-year reauthorization of the Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, passed the House last week, but it was less clear whether the Senate would agree to end debate on the bill on Tuesday.   Continue reading “FISA surveillance bill barely advances in close Senate vote”

The Oregonian – by Maxine Bernstein

A half-inch piece of metal lodged in the shoulder of Oregon refuge occupier Ryan Bundy could become central to the federal government’s prosecution of an FBI agent accused of lying about firing two shots as police tried to arrest the 2016 takeover’s leaders.

When Bundy was arrested along U.S. 395, emergency medics found him bleeding and wrapped his wound in a dressing.

He was taken to Harney District Hospital, where an X-ray revealed a metal fragment next to his right shoulder bone, presumably from a gunshot.   Continue reading “Ryan Bundy’s new bargaining chip: his shoulder shrapnel”

Fox News

ALEXANDRIA, Va. –  A former CIA officer has been arrested and charged with illegally retaining classified records, including names and phone numbers of covert CIA assets.

Fifty-three-year-old Jerry Chun Shing Lee was arrested Monday night after arriving at JFK International Airport. He made an initial appearance Tuesday in federal court in New York, but will face charges in northern Virginia, where the CIA is located.   Continue reading “Ex-CIA officer arrested, charged with keeping documents”

Breitbart – by Tom Ciccotta

A San Diego State University professor was given $430,000 by the federal government to study the grocery store habits of Latino Americans.

According to a report from The College Fix, Professor Iana Castro of San Diego State’s College of Business Administration has received a $430,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to study the grocery store purchases of Latino American families. The purpose of the study is to learn how Latino Americans can combat obesity by making healthier choices at the grocery store.  Continue reading “Government Gives San Diego State Professor $430,000 to Study Latino Grocery Store Purchases”

WGN 9 News

A man shot and injured four law enforcement officers late Monday and early Tuesday near a South Carolina home, a sheriff’s spokesman said, after deputies initially were called there for a complaint of domestic violence.

The man suspected of firing the shots, Christian Thomas McCall, was injured in a shootout with officers near the home outside the city of York, ending a nearly six-hour ordeal in which the officers were looking for or trying to capture him, York County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Trent Faris said.   Continue reading “4 South Carolina officers shot after domestic violence call”

ABC News

Chelsea Manning on Sunday confirmed via Twitter that she is a candidate for U.S. Senate.

Three days after making her intention known to federal election officials, Manning tweeted “yup, we’re running for senate” with an attached campaign video indicating her intention to run in the 2018 Maryland Democratic primary. She sent a subsequent tweet seeking donations to her campaign.

The 71-second video weaves together images of white supremacists holding tiki torches in Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as protesters clashing with police elsewhere.
Continue reading “Chelsea Manning confirms US Senate run”

Argus

Houston, 12 January (Argus) — Landowners are contesting Nebraska’s approval of TransCanada’s 830,000 b/d Keystone XL pipeline route, shifting the case to a state appeals court.

The move adds uncertainty to the future of the project which has already faced years of delay.

Dozens of Nebraska landowners filed a notice of appeal to the Nebraska Court of Appeals. They are planning to contest a 20 November decision by the Nebraska Public Service Commission to approve a route through the state for Keystone XL.   Continue reading “Keystone XL route faces landowner challenge”

Yahoo News – by Jon Fingas, Engadget

It’s not just state officials who are investigating Hawaii’s false alarm over a (thankfully non-existent) missile attack. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has confirmed that the regulator’s investigation into the error is “well underway.” While Pai shied away from making many definitive statements early on, he said that early findings suggested Hawaii didn’t have “reasonable safeguards or process controls” to prevent a mistaken alert.

Not surprisingly, Pai labeled the alarm as “absolutely unacceptable.” It wasn’t just that it triggered panic for the 38 minutes between the initial alert and the correction, according to the Chairman — it’s that this reduced confidence in the alert system and may have hurt its effectiveness in a real crisis.   Continue reading “FCC investigates Hawaii’s false missile alert”

The Hill  – by Max Greenwald

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said on Saturday that it has begun allowing certain young, undocumented immigrants to renew protections under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

The move comes after U.S. District Judge William Alsup issued a preliminary injunction this week blocking President Trump‘s decision to end the Obama-era program, which granted temporary reprieve from deportation to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, often called “dreamers.”   Continue reading “Trump admin resumes accepting DACA renewals after court order”

Fox News

A man aboard a Greyhound bus who allegedly threatened to shoot and kill fellow passengers on Friday, leading police on a chase that began in Wisconsin and ended in Illinois, is an illegal immigrant, and is now facing terror charges.

Police responded to a call around 9:40 p.m. Friday from a bus passenger who claimed there was a person threatening to kill people, Fox 6 reported, citing the Racine County Sheriff’s Department.   Continue reading “Greyhound bus chased by police after illegal immigrant threatens passengers”

Yahoo News

(Reuters) – The “heroic actions” of teachers, school staff and first responders following the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre of 26 young children and educators at Newtown elementary school may have prevented the death toll from being even higher, Connecticut State Police said in a report released on Friday.

The 74-page report detailed state police response to the attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School, one of the five deadliest mass shootings by a single gunman in U.S. history.  Continue reading “Connecticut police commend ‘heroic’ response to Sandy Hook massacre”

The Hill – by Timothy Cama

The GOP chairman overseeing the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) says the agency is partly to blame for the failure of the prosecution against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy.

Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah), who heads the House Natural Resources Committee, said in a letter that he wants Trump administration leaders to investigate what he sees as major problems in the BLM’s enforcement programs that led to the Bundy mistrial, including withholding evidence.   Continue reading “GOP chairman slams federal agency involved in Cliven Bundy case”

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The Hill – by Rebecca Savransky

White House aide Kellyanne Conway said late Wednesday President Trump“discovered” there doesn’t need to be a “physical wall” along the country’s entire southern border.

“What’s true is that after conferring with the experts who are involved in this process…the president discovered that part of it will be, he knows, part of it will be the physical wall, part of it is better technology, part of it is also fencing,” Conway said during an interview on CNN.   Continue reading “Conway: Trump ‘discovered’ there doesn’t need to be ‘physical wall’ along entire border”

The Hill – by Max Greenwood

The White House on Wednesday called for the Iranian government to end its crackdown on widespread demonstrations and release thousands of protesters who have reportedly been jailed in recent weeks.

In a statement, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that the Trump administration is “deeply concerned” by reports that thousands of peaceful protesters have been arrested amid massive anti-government protests, and called other reports that some prisoners had been tortured or killed “even more disturbing.”   Continue reading “White House calls for Iran to release ‘political prisoners’ amid protest crackdown”

ABC News

In a major policy shift that could affect millions of low-income people, the Trump administration said Thursday it is offering a path for states that want to seek work requirements on Medicaid recipients.

Seema Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said work and community involvement can make a positive difference in people’s lives and in their health. Still, the plan probably will face strong political opposition and even legal challenges over concerns people would lose coverage.   Continue reading “Major shift as Trump opens way for Medicaid work requirement”