Author: Bijoy Daniel

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Former Arkansas governor and U.S. senator David Pryor, a Democrat, died on Saturday at the age of 89 of natural causes in Little Rock, Ark.  Pryor was regarded as one of the most prominent voices of the Democratic Party in the state. Prior to leading the state as a governor, Pryor kickstarted his career in…

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Early Saturday, the Senate passed a two-year reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance program after a long and sometimes argumentative debate, narrowly avoiding a loss of important national intelligence gathering capability. Senators voted 60-34 to send the bill to President Biden’s desk shortly after midnight…

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After hours of stalemate, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced a deal Friday evening to vote on a package of amendments to a House-passed bill to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance program, putting it on a trajectory to pass before a midnight deadline. The expanded surveillance powers authorized by…

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