GOP rips FISA court for tapping ex-Biden ‘disinformation’ lawyer to advise on surveillance

Republican lawmakers called it “insane” that the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court appointed to a key advisory panel a lawyer with past ties to the Biden administration’s controversial Disinformation Governance Board. Judges on the FISC appointed Jennifer Daskal this month to serve as an amicus curiae, meaning Daskal is now among a small group of … Read more

Hunter Biden’s former ‘sugar brother’ lawyer drops big money on Swalwell’s campaign: ‘Biggest cheerleader’

FIRST ON FOX: Wealthy Hollywood lawyer Kevin Morris bankrolled Hunter Biden’s legal defense and other bills when he was facing charges for federal firearms and tax crimes, and now he is helping finance the gubernatorial campaign of one of the most vocal defenders of Hunter, a new campaign finance filing reveals. A campaign filing that … Read more

Winter Olympics women’s ice hockey final: USA v Canada – live

Email beau.dure@theguardian.com or hit him on BlueSky Medal table | Live scores and schedule | Results | Briefing Beau Dure will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s how the men’s teams fared yesterday: With NHL players returning to the Winter Olympics for the first time since 2014, these Games were expected to be a … Read more

White House grants ICE power to detain refugees for aggressive ‘rescreening’

A new DHS memo details plan to allow federal immigration officers to detain legal refugees in the US indefinitely The Trump administration is moving to arrest thousands of people already legally admitted to the US as refugees and detain them indefinitely for aggressive “re-screening”, a report published Thursday said. Under the new policy, the Department … Read more

HHS wipes out 36,000 pages of ‘regulatory dark matter’ in sweeping child welfare office purge

EXCLUSIVE: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) overseeing the well-being of children, eliminated thousands of pages of regulatory guidance that had been languishing on the books as far back as 1976, Fox News Digital learned.  The Administration for Children and Families is a … Read more

Dear Kristi Noem: you’re tracking down ICE critics? I’m one of them | Robert Reich

The homeland security department is reportedly seeking information on critical social media accounts. Look no further The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta (owner of Facebook and Instagram) and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify … Read more