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The Senate voted against a war powers resolution. The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi. What to know: The committee voted today to subpoena Bondi to testify for a closed-door deposition about the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the release of case files.
British satirical magazine Private Eye put not one, not two, not three — but FOUR — mocking spins on the image of Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe in a makeshift situation room at the president’s luxury Mar-a-Lago resort during the start of U.S.-Israel military operations against Iran this weekend.
The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran and the Trump administration has been in active discussions with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish leaders in Iraq about providing them with military support,
CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Friday said he was directing the agency to retract or substantively edit 19 intelligence reports that President Donald Trump's political appointees "failed to be independent of political consideration.
The Central Intelligence Agency offered help to potential informants in Iran on Tuesday, providing Farsi-language instructions on ways to safely contact the U.S. spy agency as President Donald Trump mulls possible military strikes.
WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has posted on social media new Farsi-language instructions for Iranians wishing to securely contact the spy service. The CIA recruitment effort comes amid a massive buildup of U.