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FISA Shreds the Constitution Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Spying in plain sight: Section 702 of FISA shouldn’t be reauthorized

By Andrew P. Napolitano

In this Friday, Oct. 16, 2020 file photo, Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., speaks before President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the Ocala International Airport in Ocala, Fla. A Florida newspaper apologized Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 for endorsing the re-election of a Republican congressman who now supports a lawsuit seeking to have the Supreme Court overthrow the will of the voters in the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Afghan allies ‘hunted down systematically’ by Taliban, U.S. troops tell Congress

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen Kevin Cramer, R-ND, speaks during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee oversight hearing, May 20, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP, File)

How House Republicans keep Senate Democrats off balance and out of step with Joe Biden

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell arrives for a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Powell tells Senate panel inflation still ‘higher than expected,’ sees more interest rate hikes

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell prepares to testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday, June 23, 2022, in Washington. When Powell last appeared before Congress, inflation had reached a four-decade high of nearly 9% and showed no sign of easing. This week, Powell returns to Capitol Hill for two days of hearings under far different circumstances. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) ** FILE **

Senate will grill Powell over Fed efforts to tame inflation

By Christopher Rugaber - Associated Press

A Washington Metropolitan Police officer puts yellow tape around the Potomac Avenue Metro Station in Southeast Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. An armed man shot three people, killing one, Wednesday in a morning rampage that started on a city bus and ended in a Metro tunnel after passengers attacked and disarmed him. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Senate won’t let D.C. off the hook, proceeds with planned slap-down of city’s contentious crime bill

By Tom Howell Jr. and Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Lina Khan, then-nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner via AP, Pool) **FILE**

Wrath of Khan: Lawmakers say FTC chairwoman spurning Congress, abusing staff

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis., calls for impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in Washington. Grothman said Friday, March 3, he will run for a sixth term next year representing east-central Wisconsin, despite promising when he first ran not to serve more than a decade in Congress. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Congressman plans to break the term-limit pledge he campaigned on

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

Joni Mitchell performs at the presentation of the Gershwin Prize, which honors a musician's lifetime contribution to popular music, hosted at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. She is this year's winner. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

Joni Mitchell honored with Gershwin Prize at tribute concert

By John Carucci - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks to the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference, Wednesday, March 1, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden not expected to stop override of D.C. laws: AP sources

By Colleen Long - Associated Press

Charlene Nijmeh, chairwoman of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, urged lawmakers to sponsor legislation restoring the tribe's federal recognition during a visit to Washington, D.C., in January 2023. (Courtesy the Muwekma Ohlone)

Quest for federal recognition through Congress pits tribes against tribes

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A physical therapist works with a patient at a field hospital operated by Care New England set up in a former bank call center to handle a surge of COVID-19 patients in Cranston, R.I, Dec. 14, 2020. Roughly 84 million people are covered by Medicaid, the government-sponsored program that's grown by 20 million people since January 2020, just before the coronavirus pandemic hit. Now, as states begin checking everyone’s eligibility for Medicaid for the first time in three years, as many as 14 million people could lose access to that coverage. (AP Photo/David Goldman) **FILE**

It’s past time to end COVID health insurance subsidies

By Edmund F. Haislmaier

Demonstrators protest outside of the federal courthouse asking Congress to pass the Equal Rights Amendment during a rally in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Equal Rights Amendment stumbles in court and on Capitol Hill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A Washington Metropolitan Police officer puts yellow tape around the Potomac Avenue Metro Station in Southeast Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. An armed man shot three people, killing one, Wednesday in a morning rampage that started on a city bus and ended in a Metro tunnel after passengers attacked and disarmed him. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

D.C. leaders lean too far left even for some Democrats

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

People walk outside the U.S Capitol building in Washington, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Lawmakers grapple with response to fentanyl, split over punishment versus focus on treatment

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., listens during a news conference on the budget bill, Dec. 20, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Scott has amended a plan to overhaul how the federal government works after Democrats repeatedly seized on it to accuse Republicans of looking to cut Medicare and Social Security. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Sen. Rick Scott’s Protect Our Seniors Act will keep politicians from stealing from Medicare

By Saul Anuzis

Justice Department's Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division Matthew Olsen speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, Jan. 27, 2023, as Attorney General Merrick Garland listens at left. The Biden administration officials urged Congress on Tuesday to renew a surveillance program that the U.S. government has long seen as vital in countering overseas terrorism, cyberattacks and espionage operations. The program, which is under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, is set to expire at year's end unless Congress agrees to renew it. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

U.S. officials make case for renewing FISA surveillance powers

By Eric Tucker and Nomaan Merchant - Associated Press

People walk down the Supreme Court steps on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, after the first of two hearings over President Joe Biden's student debt relief plan. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Supreme Court signals skepticism of Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines arrives for a closed-door House Appropriations subcommittee hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, on May 19, 2022. Top lawmakers in Congress were briefed Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, on the investigations into classified documents found in the private possession of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, and former Vice President Mike Pence. Haines was among the officials who met privately with Congressional leaders for roughly an hour. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Top lawmakers briefed on Biden, Trump, Pence classified documents

By Nomaan Merchant - Associated Press

Washington Metropolitan Police officers investigate a shooting at Potomac Avenue Metro Station, in Southeast Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. An armed man shot three people, killing one Wednesday, in a morning rampage that started on a city bus and ended in a Metro tunnel after passengers attacked and disarmed him. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

D.C. crime bill threatened by doubts from Democrats on way to Biden

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times