WASHINGTON — The full U.S. Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday despite a contentious confirmation hearing in which she was repeatedly asked about her support of Edward Snowden.

Edward Snowden has lived in Russia for the past 12 years, but a pardon from Trump could see him return to his country of birth.

Eric Schmitt (R-MO) twisted himself in knots to avoiding stating whether he considers Snowden — who stole more than a million classified documents — a traitor. “Is Edward Snowden a traitor?” ...

Was Edward Snowden, the former intelligence contractor who leaked a trove of classified files to journalists more than a decade ago, a traitor? Each time she was asked—on at least eight separate ...

“Edward Snowden broke the law,” she said ... Nearly every Republican Senator has signed off on Trump’s nominees in the past few days. Enough Republicans were willing to brush aside ...

Tulsi Gabbard is trying to explain her past support for Edward Snowden, including her push to pardon the national security leaker, to a tough crowd: members of the Senate Intelligence Committee ...

on Sunday mirrored ex-Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence, when he dodged classifying Edward Snowden as a traitor. Why it matters: Gabbard's refusal to call ...

Lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee peppered director of national intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard with questions about her controversial rhetoric on Russian aggression, Syria’s use ...

Some Senate Republicans are zeroing in on Tulsi Gabbard's 2020 call for the U.S. to drop charges Edward Snowden, a man many of them still consider a traitor. Why it matters: Gabbard is quickly ...

Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard refused to retract her support for Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who fled to Russia after revealing illegal ...

After being pressed by senators from both parties to call Edward Snowden a traitor, Tulsi Gabbard repeatedly refused during her confirmation hearing on Thursday morning. Why it matters ...