Plus, how Trump's obsession with hydroxychloroquine began.
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Senate Rejects Bid To Prevent Warrantless Government Surveillance Of Internet Use |
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The Senate on Wednesday narrowly defeated a measure seeking to prevent Americans’ internet browsing and search histories from warrantless surveillance by the federal government.
The vote was 59 in favor, 37 opposed ― short of the necessary 60 votes needed for adoption.
Backing the proposal were 34 Democrats, 24 Republicans and one independent. But, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) a prime opponent, voting against it were 27 Republicans and 10 Democrats.
“Is it right at this unique time when millions of law-abiding citizens are at home, for the government to be able to spy on their internet searches and web browsing without a warrant?” asked Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Wednesday, referring to the coronavirus epidemic. “That’s exactly what the government has the power to do without our amendment.”
Four senators were absent for the vote: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) As the vote broke, support from just one of them would have passed the amendment.
The vote on reauthorizing FISA, which expired in March, is expected later this week.
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| | President Donald Trump’s obsession with the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the coronavirus may have started in part because of a self-described philosopher in China who is a fan of white nationalists, tweets anti-Semitic rhetoric and calls chloroquine “a Nazi drug that is here to teach a lesson to leftists about bias.” HuffPost's Nick Robins-Early breaks down the origin story of how Trump came to hear about hydroxychloroquine. |
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For over a year, Congress has been pursuing Donald Trump’s financial records in order to investigate the personal finances that Trump has gone to great lengths to conceal. A court fight over subpoenas for those records reached the Supreme Court on Tuesday in Trump v. Mazars USA LLP. This case could result in a major separation-of-powers ruling that changes whether, or how, Congress can investigate the president. |
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A federal judge signaled Tuesday that he wasn’t ready to toss out the case against Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, after the Justice Department said it would drop all charges against Flynn last week. Under Attorney General William Barr, the Department of Justice dropped all charges against the former national security adviser last week. |
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