Congress Returns to a War That Expanded While It Was Away
Congress left for recess with an air war and returns on Day 44 to find a naval blockade, a collapsed ceasefire talk, and FISA expiring in six days.
Samuel Crane
Bureau: Washington
Vance Called Iran's Gulf Actions 'Economic Terrorism' While the United States Enforces a Blockade
Vance accused Iran of 'economic terrorism' for disrupting Gulf shipping, then said 'two can play that game' about the US blockade of Iranian ports.
CENTCOM's Language Won Day One of the Blockade and the White House Still Has Not Corrected the Record
The blockade enforced on Monday matched CENTCOM's narrow scope, not Trump's sweeping rhetoric, and no one in the chain of command has reconciled the two.
FISA Section 702 Expires in Six Days and the House Plans a Clean Extension Without Reforms
The House will vote this week to extend warrantless surveillance for 18 months while the FISA Court flags compliance failures it found in March.