Reporter’s Notebook: How Trump’s surprise move on DNI confirmation upended key Senate deal on FISA

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! They didn’t know what to do. Just before 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, President Trump blindsided everyone in the U.S. Senate. In a post on Truth Social, the president declared he was “cancelling the Senate hearing” for his Director of National Intelligence nominee Jay Clayton. Moreover, the … Read more

Reporter’s Notebook: How Trump’s surprise move on DNI confirmation upended key Senate deal on FISA

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! They didn’t know what to do. Just before 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, President Trump blindsided everyone in the U.S. Senate. In a post on Truth Social, the president declared he was “cancelling the Senate hearing” for his Director of National Intelligence nominee Jay Clayton. Moreover, the … Read more

Reporter’s Notebook: Lawmakers scramble as FISA fight comes at the worst possible time

Lawmakers sound alarm as FISA spy law expires Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on Congress failing to reach a deal on FISA Section 702, sparking warnings from lawmakers about national security vulnerabilities, on ‘Fox Report.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! There’s the World Cup. America’s 250th birthday. And the conflict … Read more

FISA spying power scheduled to expire as House fails to extend it before leaving town

WASHINGTON — A powerful surveillance tool backed by the intelligence community is scheduled to expire Friday after the House failed to pass an extension and left town for 12 days. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. It would be the first time Congress has allowed Section 702 … Read more

House to take up last-minute extension of key FISA spy power, but uproar over Bill Pulte could doom vote

Washington — House Republicans on Thursday will move forward on what’s expected to be a futile effort to extend a key spy authority until early July, after President Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence rattled lawmakers. The authority, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, is set to expire Friday after … Read more

FISA spy program at risk over Trump’s pick of Pulte for director of national intelligence

WASHINGTON — A rare lapse in a law that allows the U.S. to gather intelligence abroad is growing more likely after President Donald Trump resisted calls from Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill to immediately name a permanent head of the nation’s intelligence agencies. Trump has doubled down on his temporary pick for director of … Read more

Trump concession breathes new life into stalled FISA spy powers deal

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The flatlined bid to reauthorize the nation’s controversial spying powers may have a pulse again after President Donald Trump made a key concession to Democrats.  Congress was on its way to reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which is set to expire Friday, but that momentum … Read more