The Latest Breaking News from Elizabeth Goitein

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

Local officials were reportedly blindsided by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s threat to deploy military troops against protesters in Los Angeles.

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.

Lawmakers say government purchases of data from private companies violates the Fourth Amendment and are looking to close the gap.