Trump upends Senate path on surveillance authority

Source: www.rollcall.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center · Published: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:36:07 GMT

President Donald Trump on Wednesday complicated Senate Republican plans to quickly revive a key surveillance authority, delaying a scheduled confirmation hearing for Jay Clayton and pressing for the inclusion of a controversial voter ID measure. Trump, in an early morning social media post, said he was “cancelling” the hearing for Clayton to become Director of […]

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