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A newly released report from the CIA challenges the work intelligence agencies did to investigate Russia's support for Donald ...
Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives to testify before Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ...
Later in the hearing, Michigan Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, pressed Hegseth about what long-term planning — such as reviews of safeguards for military personnel and equipment, ...
CIA Director John Ratcliffe has told skeptical U.S. lawmakers that American military strikes destroyed Iran’s lone metal ...
Lines of communication over the U.S.’s national security between the White House and Congress are strained as speculation ...
House Republican leadership is actively discussing new ways to restrict the classified information that all lawmakers can ...
The Trump administration is struggling to convince skeptics of its claims that U.S. strikes on Iran have toppled the ...
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Democrats are choosing a nominee to replace late congressman Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia) in their crowded, high-velocity ...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) suggested the reason Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was disinvited from a ...
Trump administration officials briefed Senators on the U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, defending the strike's ...