Feinstein: CIA searched Intelligence Committee computers

(J. Scott Applewhite / AP)

The head of the intelligence panel says the agency appears to have violated the Constitution and federal laws.

NSA nominee backs end to NSA collection of phone data

NSA nominee backs end to NSA collection of phone data

But Adm. Michael Rogers said he wants some form of the record collection to be preserved.

Feinstein lays out timeline of CIA-committee interactions

Here’s the series of events that led to her taking to the Senate floor Tuesday.

Why the CIA and lawmakers are feuding

Why the CIA and lawmakers are feuding

What you need to know about the dispute over an investigation o the agency’s interrogation program.

Kerry’s list of questions for Putin brings little response

In video with Russian president, Foreign Minister Lavrov calls U.S. proposals “unsatisfactory.”

Fine Print: Russia’s military should give Putin pause

Fine Print: Russia’s military should give Putin pause

Efforts at readiness expose operational weaknesses and difficulty restructuring Russia’s military.

SEC has opened investigation into KBR, lawyer says

Government contractor required employees reporting fraud to sign nondisclosure forms, suit claims.

Snowden: Mass surveillance is backfiring on U.S.

Snowden: Mass surveillance is backfiring on U.S.

The NSA leaker says that “bulk collection” means fewer resources for targeted scrutiny of actual suspects.

NSA Secrets

FILE - This June 6, 213 file photo shows the sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. The NSA has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the intelligence agency broad new powers in 2008, The Washington Post reports. In one case, telephone calls from Washington were intercepted when the city's area code was confused with the dialing code for Egypt.  (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Revelations and reaction

The National Security Agency has been forced to respond to unprecedented disclosures about its surveillance programs. Those programs have been assailed as a violation of privacy rights by critics and defended as critical to U.S. national security by intelligence officials. Explore our coverage.

For Native American kids, hard lives and high suicide rate

For Native American kids, hard lives and high suicide rate

A new federal task force is examining the effects of violence and abuse on children who live on reservations.

Obama, Putin find little common ground in tele-diplomacy

Obama, Putin find little common ground in tele-diplomacy

DIPLOMATIC DEBRIEF | Neither has budged this month after two-plus hours on the phone talking Ukraine.

Putin rebuffs Obama on Ukraine, cites ‘calls for help’

Putin rebuffs Obama on Ukraine, cites ‘calls for help’

Obama says Crimea’s referendum to split from Ukraine violates international law and orders sanctions on Russians involved in the military intervention.

Obama orders sanctions in response to Ukraine crisis

Obama orders sanctions in response to Ukraine crisis

The executive order freezes assets and blocks visas of unspecified people who undermined democracy.