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House Intel votes to release controversial surveillance memo to the public (Fox News)
The House Intelligence Committee on Monday evening voted to release a classified memo circulating in Congress that purportedly reveals government surveillance abuses.
The vote was announced to reporters by California Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the committee, who called it a “very sad day, I think, in the history of this committee.” The motion passed on a party-line basis, he said.
President Trump now has five days to decide whether he has any objections before the memo can be publicly released. [Read More]
Dozens of Dreamers will look on from the viewing galleries Tuesday as President Trump uses his State of the Union address to push for a deal that will finally grant them a full pathway to citizenship, coupled with serious border security efforts and major policy changes.
More than any other president in modern political history, Mr. Trump has been proactive on the issue, leaning into Congress from his first days in office to press for solutions on immigration.
During last year’s address to a joint session of Congress, Mr. Trump devoted more time than any previous president to immigration, and he said Monday it will again be a big part of his “important” speech. [Read More]
An independent audit of D.C. Public Schools has revealed 34 percent of students who graduated last year failed to meet graduation policies.
According to the audit, 937 of 2,758 D.C. Public Schools students graduated with the assistance of policy violations. These students were able to pass their classes despite excessive absences in regular instruction courses required for graduation as well as daytime and evening credit recovery courses. Schools also offered credit recovery courses to students who hadn’t yet failed a regular course. [Read More]
Chuck Schumer: Democrats will still ‘gladly’ work with Trump on infrastructure (Washington Examiner)
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is hoping President Trump uses his first State of the Union speech to Congress to propose a huge infrastructure plan that can be backed by both parties.
“On this issue, Democrats agree with the president: America’s physical infrastructure is the backbone of our economy, and we have fallen behind. If we do not quickly repair and modernize our infrastructure, we risk ceding the next century of global economic leadership to China or India,” Schumer warned in an op-ed for the Washington Post. “[I]f President Trump chooses a real, direct, federal investment in infrastructure, he will have a chance to pass an effective, bipartisan bill. We Democrats will gladly work with him on it.” [Read More]
Pentagon: China, Russia Soon Capable of Destroying U.S. Satellites (Washington Free Beacon)
China and Russia are developing anti-satellite missiles and other weapons and will soon be capable of damaging or destroying all U.S. satellites in low-earth orbit, according to the Pentagon’s Joint Staff.
The Joint Staff intelligence directorate, known as J-2, issued the warning in a recent report on the growing threat of anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons from those states, according to officials familiar with the assessment. [Read More]
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