Intelligence

GAO: Agencies Rush to Cloud While Security Safeguards Lag Behind

A Government Accountability Office report released on June 25, 2026, examined how federal agencies are managing cloud data security as they increasingly...

Civil Rights

CCP Espionage Threat Sparks Civil Rights Debate

A House Select Committee hearing on Chinese Communist Party economic espionage exposed deep tensions over how America should confront foreign threats...

Intelligence

Committee Examines Russia's Digital Repression in Ukraine

The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe is convening a briefing on Russia's tech authoritarianism in Ukraine's occupied territories, examining...

Congress

Senate Oversight Hearing on Expired Surveillance Authority

The Senate Intelligence Committee hearing scheduled for Wednesday marks a critical moment for congressional oversight of U.S. intelligence operations. The...

Law and Order

CIA Official's Gold Scheme Triggers Election Security Concerns

The Senate Intelligence Committee is convening a closed briefing as a former senior CIA official faces charges in a sprawling case involving hundreds of...

Intelligence

Senate Examines Cartel Threat to U.S. Security

A Senate hearing on Mexican drug cartels and their threat to U.S. national security comes as the Trump administration escalates pressure on Mexico to allow...

Congress

Legis1 Background: Jay Clayton's Accelerated Confirmation Push for Director of National Intelligence

NBC News reported on the accelerated timeline for Jay Clayton's confirmation process as Director of National Intelligence. Senate Majority Leader John Thune...

Government Operations

Intelligence Chief Confirmed Amid Surveillance Authority Crisis

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is convening a closed session intelligence briefing on June 16, just days after a cascade of events shook the...

Intelligence

Legis1 Background: Republicans Use World Cup to Squeeze Democrats on FISA Extension Collapse

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act lapsed Friday night after Congress failed to pass a FISA Section 702 extension before leaving...

Government Operations

House Committee Examines Intelligence Watchdog Independence

The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is set to examine the effectiveness of the Intelligence Community Inspector General at a moment when...

Elections

Senate Intelligence Committee Faces Election and CIA Crises

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has scheduled a closed briefing for Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at a moment when congressional hearing...

Congress

FISA Authority Expires Amid Intelligence Nominee Fight

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is convening a closed business meeting on June 18 — just days after FISA Section 702, the government's most...

Legislation

FISA Surveillance Authority Ends as House Rejects Reauthorization

Why it matters: Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — the authority that allows U.S. intelligence agencies to collect communications of...

Intelligence

Russia-China Military Cooperation Reaches Historic Peak

Russia and China conducted 11 combined military exercises and patrols in 2024 alone, the most in a single year on record, and the pace shows no sign of...

Intelligence

Senate Examines China-Linked Elder Fraud Threat

The Senate Special Committee on Aging is set to examine a pattern of China-linked fraud, influence operations, and security threats that federal prosecutors...

Intelligence

Frontier AI Poses Urgent Cybersecurity Threat, Congress Warned

Why it matters: The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection held a hearing June 4 on how frontier AI models are...

Law and Order

CIA Scandal Triggers Senate Hearing

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has scheduled a closed intelligence briefing for June 9 — and the timing points squarely at one of the most...