WASHINGTON (AP) — The top ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee says a classified meeting planned with a key U.S. spy agency was called off after it was criticized by Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist.

The cancellation of Sen. Mark Warner's visit with career intelligence staffers at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency represents an escalation of the Trump administration's efforts to block Congress from exercising oversight over the nation's intelligence agencies.

“Is congressional oversight dead?” Warner, of Virginia, said Wednesday, questioning Loomer's authority over the intelligence community. “Is she now the secretary of defense and the director of national intelligence?"

Loomer has taken credit for the State Department suspending visas for wounde

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