The Latest Breaking News from Elizabeth Goitein

The deployment of National Guard soldiers on a DEA drug raid is a serious test of whether the Posse Comitatus Act means something or not.

President Donald Trump has contemplated invoking the Insurrection Act to use the military for domestic law enforcement nationwide.

Trump confirmed he plans to declare a national emergency and use military assets to carry his mass deportation programs, is this possible?

Experts say the Insurrection Act gives a president too much sweeping power to deploy troops on American soil without guard rails or proper oversight from Congress.

One bill set to be considered would grow the scope of federal digital surveillance and would authorize the federal government to use those powers against more individuals.

Legislators from both parties worry about unilateral power, but they use it when it’s convenient.

A fight looms over warrantless collection of communication of foreigners overseas.

The U.S. intelligence community faces a hard battle to renew foreign surveillance powers that have enabled authorities to repeatedly access private information about Americans despite constitutional protections.

WASHINGTON — As the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a federal data privacy bill last week, lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee were looking to plug a gap in the law that allows government agencies to conduct broad surveillance without obtaining warrants or subpoenas to do so.