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‘They’ll sacrifice Pulte’: GOP senators saw the writing on the wall on intel chief
GOP senators predicted this week that William J. Pulte, whom Mr. Trump made acting director of national intelligence last week, will be sacrificed for the purposes of reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is set to expire on Friday.
White House aide: Trump can’t single-handedly restore FISA spy power after Congress lets it expire
The White House may not move forward with an executive order to extend power to spy on foreign targets, a legal authority that Congress allowed to expire Friday.
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Top Pakistani mediator says U.S.-Iran deal is close to completion
The prime minister of Pakistan says there is a "final, agreed-upon text" of a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran after intense mediation efforts by Islamabad.
NATO weighs options to defend Europe as the U.S. plans for conflict elsewhere
NATO's top military officer is weighing alternative plans to defend Europe should it come under attack from Russia, after the United States announced that it is cutting the number of aircraft and warships that it would provide in a security crisis.
Iranians endure war fatigue and soaring prices as conflict deepens domestic woes
Iranians are living between confusion and exhaustion as the country and its economy are squeezed between war and multiplying crises at home.
Ukraine strikes fuel supplies to Crimea, sparking a fuel crisis on the Russian-held peninsula
Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries, depots and pipelines. Tanker trucks attacked and left ablaze along the land corridor from Russia to Crimea. Motorists waiting in long lines at gas stations.
U.S.-funded foreign biolabs contain highly infectious diseases, DNI reveals
U.S. government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries was unveiled by outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who said many include pathogens that cause infectious diseases.
Indonesian students protest government policies as economic pressures grow
Hundreds of Indonesian students rallied Friday in Indonesia's capital, demanding lower fuel and food prices and urging President Prabowo Subianto to roll back costly state spending programs as economic pressures mount.
Keir Starmer says he’s staying put after defense secretary’s departure hammers his authority
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Friday that he will fight to stay in office after the sudden resignation of his trusted defense minister left his shaky leadership weakened still further.
Russian official sounds alarm about impending chaos over Ukraine war, economic failures
A Russian lawmaker warned that his country is on the verge of a "social explosion" because of widespread corruption scandals and the Kremlin's ongoing war with Ukraine, now in its fifth year.
Pentagon releases third batch of formerly classified UFO documents
A third tranche of extraterrestrial-related records released by the Department of Defense shows never-before-released accounts and artist renderings of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena -- many of which are depicted like a "potato."
As UFOs go mainstream, the jury is out on what the existence of alien life might mean for religion
In "Disclosure Day," out Friday, Steven Spielberg is once again inviting audiences to ponder the existence of extraterrestrial life - and the implications it would have for religion on Earth.
Children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel visits Delaney Hall families, urges Congress to end detention
Children's entertainer Ms. Rachel visited families connected to detainees at the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, on Monday, calling on the federal government to end what she described as the traumatization of children by immigration enforcement. "This is not a partisan issue," she said. "We will all look back on this time and remember if we stood with children being abused in detention centers or with corporations making millions and harming them with our tax dollars."
Foreign surveillance law set to expire as Congress leaves town after rejecting extension
Congress left Washington this week without renewing a foreign surveillance law that expires Friday, meaning America's spy network will lose some of its powers used to thwart terrorist plots.