Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says the White House is “weighing seriously” a long-term nominee to replace Bill Pulte as the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), a move that could resolve the Democratic blockade of enhanced intelligence surveillance authorities that are due to expire on Friday. Thune said he has been in contact with…

Republican lawmakers are crying foul over progressive Democratic candidate Nithya Raman’s remarkable comeback in the Los Angeles mayor’s race, where Republican candidate Spencer Pratt appeared to be solidly in second place when the in-person polls closed on June 2 but then saw his eight-point lead over Raman evaporate. But GOP leaders are stopping short of…