Pema Levy

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Pema Levy is a senior politics reporter. Before joining the International Business Times, Pema covered the 2012 elections at Talking Points Memo and wrote about politics at The American Prospect magazine. Please send tips and comments to p.levy[at]ibtimes.com.

Trump University Lawsuit: Donald Trump Claims Fraud Suit Is Political Vendetta From Obama

The tycoon is taking to Twitter to defend himself against a fraud case brought by New York state's attorney general.

Apalachicola Water Wars: A Battle Between Georgia, Florida And Alabama Is Killing The Last Great Bay

The renowned oysters of Apalachicola Bay are dying fast and taking the community that depends on them down with it.

NSA PRISM Program: NSA Paid Facebook and Tech Companies Millions To Cover PRISM Costs

Evidence surfaces of a financial relationship between the National Security Agency and the tech giants that agreed to work with it.

NSA FISA Surveillance: Member Of NSA Review Panel May Think Phone Records Program Is Illegal

President Obama's NSA review panel picks have disappointed privacy advocates. But one member thinks bulk phone data collection is illegal.

Gun Control Debate 2013: How Illegal Gun Trafficking Works, A Convicted Murderer Explains

The convict explains how he got his guns and what Washington can do to prevent others like him from flooding the U.S. with illegal arms.

NSA FISA Surveillance: Footnote Reveals Government Abused Phone Records Database

The NSA misused the database of Americans' phone call records for years, a footnote in a secret court opinion released Wednesday says.

NSA FISA Surveillance: NSA Collected Thousands Of Americans' Emails, Secret Court Opinion Shows

The court said the government engaged in unconstitutional surveillance.

Republican V. Republican: State-Level GOPers Jump Ship As Internal Divisions Roil The Party

Too liberal or too conservative? In Maine and Iowa, Republicans leave the GOP, but for very different reasons, as the party wrestles with its identity.

IRS Tea Party Scandal: New Documents Show IRS Targeted Progressives, Too

House Democrats say new documents showing the IRS targeted progressive groups should put the scandal to bed once and for all.

NSA Snowden Leaks: UK Government Has Gone To A ‘Terrifying Place,’ Advocates Say

The British government has taken frightening steps to stop press coverage of Edward Snowden's leaks. But is the U.S. complicit?

NSA FISA Surveillance: NSA Violations ‘Tip Of A Larger Iceberg,’ Senators Warn

The NSA broke its privacy rules thousands of times per year. But two U.S. senators say that's not the half of it.

National Intelligence Director John Negroponte past a video screen at National Security Agency at Fort Meade

NSA FISA Snowden Leaks: Why Oversight Of The NSA Falls Short

For the first time, those in charge of supervising the National Security Agency admit there's only so much they can do.

NSA Snowden Leaks: NSA Broke Privacy Rules Thousands Of Times, Audit Finds

The violations detailed in the NSA audit from Edward Snowden include the unauthorized collection and retention of electronic communications.

Rand Paul Vs. Hillary Clinton On Racial Discrimination In Elections

Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday that there is no evidence of voting discrimination against black people.

Obama Cancels Joint Military Exercise With Egypt Due To Violence

The president says the Egypt-U.S. relationship cannot continue as usual when civilians are being killed in the streets.

WATCH: Romney's New Anti-Obama Ad Stars Cory Booker, Harold Ford Jr. and Steve Rattner [VIDEO]

Why Some Democrats Don't Back The Rising Star Of Cory Booker After NJ Senate Primary Win

Newark Mayor Cory Booker is on his way to becoming the next U.S. senator from New Jersey, but progressives aren't happy about it.

NSA FISA Surveillance: Experts Poke Holes In Administration's Legal Justification For Phone Records Program

Experts say the administration's legal reasoning falls short of justifying bulk phone data collection.

Tri-State Water Wars: Florida To Sue Georgia Over Water Flow To Apalachicola Bay

Florida will take Georgia to court over "unchecked consumption of water" threatening the economic future of Northwest Florida.

2016 Election: Hillary Clinton Stages Her Comeback With Voting Rights Speech [WATCH]

Beginning with a voting rights speech, Clinton plans to re-enter the world of politics with a series of policy speeches.

NSA FISA Metadata Program: House Members Were Never Briefed On Phone Records Program In 2011, Rep. Amash Says

The House never knew about a briefing on the bulk phone records program, because the Intelligence Committee never shared it.

NSA FISA Surveillance: The Most Substantive Proposal From Obama’s NSA News Conference

The idea of creating a special advocate to defend civil liberties before the secret court that oversees the NSA is gaining steam.

Water Wars In The U.S. South: Fighting To Keep The Flint River From Going Dry In Georgia And To Save Apalachicola Bay

Inside Georgia, one group is fighting to keep one river from going dry.

NSA FISA Surveillance: Did We Learn Anything From Admin’s White Paper On Phone Data Program?

Privacy advocates are disappointed the administration’s explanation of its controversial data-collection program mainly rehashed old arguments.

NSA Surveillance Activity Taken To Court

NSA FISA Controversy: Privacy Advocates Win Release Of Secret Court Opinion

In 2011, the secret FISA court found some of the government's spying activities unconstitutional. Now, the government will release a version.

NSA FISA Surveillance: Obama Pledges To Reform Surveillance State

Reforming the Patriot Act and the secret FISA court and increasing transparency are among the promises the president made, thanks to Edward Snowden's leaks.