Rep. Michael Burgess campaigned on a pledge to support the War on Terror and voted to reauthorized the Patriot Act in 2011, but today he voted against the USA Freedom Act.
With the debate over NSA surveillance at a critical juncture, it’s worth examining how money flows from the spy agency to contractors and to some of the NSA’s loudest defenders.
Gov. Bobby Jindal now rails against "hyphenated Americans." But not long ago, the Louisiana governor touted his Indian-American heritage.
"Americans for Peace, Prosperity, and Security," warning of an unprecedented "threat matrix" facing America, urges 2016 candidates to adopt more hawkish views.
Former Central Intelligence Director Porter Goss is taking an unusual swing through the revolving door.
Privacy advocates trying to rein in the use of automated license plate readers have a powerful new opponent: lenders and debt collectors.
The unrest in Baltimore was like a Rorschach test for some Republicans.
After taking a victory lap for passing a bill meant to curb insider trading, the House declares itself immune from insider-trading investigations.
Corinthian Colleges, a troubled for-profit college operator, made secret payments to political elites.
Before Freddie Gray's death, police unions flexed their muscle and crushed any chance for accountability reform this year in Maryland.
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