National Security and Foreign Affairs

House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and a number of House Democrats gave a press conference Friday calling for Jared Kushner's security clearance to be "revoked immediately" given past and recent revelations of his contacts with foreign nationals.

CRACKS IN DEMOCRAT WALL ON NET NEUTRALITY? — Key tech industry leaders are expressing openness to having Congress step in to legislate net neutrality — putting pressure on Democrats who've been adamantly opposed to such a move, Ashley and Steven report. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg said this week they're willing to work with lawmakers on the issue, and Reddit's Alexis Ohanian expressed a similar view.

THINK AGAIN, MR. PRESIDENT — President Donald Trump sounded a fresh note of skepticism about Russia's role in the 2016 election in a recent interview that is drawing jeers from the cybersecurity community. In Reuters interview excerpts published late Wednesday, Trump expanded on his discussion of election meddling with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20.

More than a dozen Democrats in the House of Representatives are questioning why the Justice Department settled a recent money laundering case involving the Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. during the 2016 presidential campaign.

A California congressman has written a letter to the Alabama State Bar (ASB) accusing Attorney General Jeff Sessions of possibly violating Alabama's Rule of Professional Conduct for lawyers.

Three House Democrats introduced a bill Wednesday prohibiting the U.S. from forming a collaborative cybersecurity initiative with Russia.

The No Cyber Cooperation with Russia Act, brought by Reps. Brandon Boyle (D-Pa.), Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), echoes a number of amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act that also sought to prohibit such cooperation with Russia.

The bill is in response to a proposal floated by President Trump.