Washington — The Senate on Friday passed a short-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, known as FISA, by unanimous consent, hours after the House passed the short-term extension of the law after 2 a.m. Friday. The extension through April 30 pushes back the expiration date of the controversial warrantless surveillance … Read more
With a statutory deadline fast approaching, Congress is immersed in what has become one of its most enduring and internally divisive fights: whether – and how – to preserve the government’s foreign surveillance powers while protecting the civil liberties of Americans whose communications get swept up in the intelligence-gathering. The U.S. House of Representatives voted … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A brewing fight over privacy rights and national security will come to a head in the House of Representatives in the coming weeks, shaping up to be the latest test for House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and his razor-thin GOP majority. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence … Read more