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US Senate blocks debate on FISA surveillance law days before program 'goes dark'

By Nolan D. McCaskill and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - Seven Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday joined Democrats to block debate on reauthorization of an expiring foreign surveillance law.

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Senate balks at extending controversial FISA surveillance law

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Federal surveillance program at risk after Senate Democrats block vote to extend it

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Senate fails to extend key surveillance program as deadline nears

The Senate on Friday blocked an extension of a key warrantless surveillance program used by U.S. intelligence agencies, meaning Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act will expire on ...

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7 Republicans Buck Party And Vote Against Extension Of Warrantless Spying Tool

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US Senate blocks spy program renewal over Trump's intel chief pick

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Senate blocks surveillance bill in dispute over Trump’s intelligence pick

The program permits US intelligence agencies to collect communications of foreign targets operating outside the country without a warrant.

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Seven Republicans vote against FISA extension after bipartisan plan blows up

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Senate Democrats block extension of spy powers to protest Trump’s choice of Pulte for DNI

Fails to ban Trump's 'anti-weaponization' fund

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US Senate passes $70 billion ICE funding; fails to ban Trump's 'anti-weaponization' fund

The U.S. Senate handed President Donald Trump a victory early Friday morning, passing a bill that would provide the Department of Homeland Security with an additional $70 billion for immigration enf...

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Senate backs $70 billion in new funds for ICE and Border Patrol

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Senate Republicans Grapple With Trump's 'Anti-Weaponization' Fund as ICE Funding Vote Nears

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Senate passes $70B immigration enforcement bill without limits on Trump settlement fund

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agencies early Friday morning, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 bill...

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Senate Republicans Defeat Efforts To Rein In Trump Slush Fund

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Senate rejects first Dem effort to bar President Donald Trump from creating $1.8B settlement fund

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Senate Begins Voting on Funding Immigration Enforcement After Trump's Settlement Fund Is Dropped

While acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress that “we are not moving forward with the fund, period,” Democrats say they want it written into the law.

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Senate passes $70 billion ICE and border patrol bill, overcoming internal GOP rebellion over DOJ fund

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Senate passes President Trump's immigration bill

U.S. Senate confirms first of three Kansas nominees for federal district court judge

U.S. Senate votes on party lines to confirm Great Bend attorney Jeff Kuhlman as a judge on the U.S. District Court in Kansas.

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Two Texas billionaires, a US senator and the battle for 'America's Resort'

Jim Justice is credited with saving the Greenbrier, but now faces calls for new ownership as some claim he drained its revenue to pay other bills.

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US Senator Warren prods prediction markets regulator over bias, interference reports

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - Senator Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, prodded President Donald Trump's derivatives regulator on Friday over recent reporting in The New York Times that reported on outside interference and favoritism allegedly benefiting the crypto and prediction markets industries.

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US territories have a voice in Congress but no vote – here’s why

As the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary, millions of Americans who live outside the 50 states are excluded from full participation in its democracy. Roughly 3.6 million residents of U.S. territories – including Puerto Rico,

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Tennessee Republican Lamar Alexander served as a U.S. senator, governor, and secretary of education, and ran for president in 1996 and 2000. He chronicles his six decades in politics in his new book, "The Education of a Senator: From JFK to Trump." Alexander joins to assess the state of the GOP under President Trump.

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How effective are US Senators Wicker, Hyde-Smith for Mississippi?

U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith may feel a world away from the state they represent, but the bills they pass have an impact in Mississippi.

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U.S. Senators Unveil ‘Mined in America Act’ to Reshore BTC Mining, Codify Bitcoin Strategic Reserve

Senators Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis introduced the “Mined in America Act” to reshore U.S. bitcoin mining, reduce reliance on Chinese hardware, and codify a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve into law. Republican Senators Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis ...

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U.S. Senators Banned From Prediction Markets Trading

U.S. senators are officially banned from trading on prediction markets on platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket after the body unanimously passed a rule Thursday barring their participation in the controversial online gambling practice. This photograph ...

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U.S. senators won't be weighing in on prediction markets bets after banning themselves

A U.S. Senate that's struggled to move crypto market structure legislation moved like lightning on Thursday to ban themselves from participating in prediction markets. Acting on a simple, 14-line resolution pushed by Ohio Republican Senator Bernie Moreno ...

US senators question Big Tobacco on lobbying related to FDA policy shift

Six U.S. senators including Democratic whip Dick Durbin and Elizabeth Warren wrote public letters to tobacco giants Reynolds American and Altria on Thursday to ask questions about donations and lobbying of the Trump ‌administration,