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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) made fun of the students protesting on college campuses after a report was released stating a Houthi-run university in Yemen will offer slots to those suspended at U.S. universities. “If a homicidal, Iranian-funded, terrorism proxy wants to pick up your college education tab, you really, really might want to reevaluate things,” Fetterman posted…

President Biden signed a bill Saturday extending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance program another two years. The Senate passed the reauthorization bill early Saturday, after hours of intense debate, narrowly avoiding a key national intelligence gathering capability going dark. Senators voted 60-34 to send the bill to Biden’s desk shortly after the midnight deadline.…

The legislation approved 60-34 with bipartisan support would extend for two years the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. It now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law.

Two newly proposed laws in the Senate aim to change the regulation of commercial space operations, including starting the process of eventually ending the "learning period" that restricts safety rules for human spaceflight.

Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and his Republican challenger David McCormick are the only candidates that will appear on the Pennsylvania Senate ballot, the state’s highest court ruled Friday. The ruling boots several other challengers from appearing on the ticket and was a successful challenge to having the relatively unknown candidates appear on the primary ticket…

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said he received a voicemail in which someone threatened to “find” and “shoot” him over a potential TikTok ban Wednesday. “This is a voicemail my office received last night,” Tillis said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “TikTok’s misinformation campaign is pushing people to call their…

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) advised former President Trump to stay out of the leadership race to succeed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). McConnell announced last week that he would be stepping down from his role leading Senate Republicans next November — a move that surprised many members of his own party. Now, Senate Republicans are discussing…