Bill Pulte will begin serving as acting director of national intelligence in a week and a half, President Trump announced Tuesday, effectively standing by his decision to name the housing regulator and Trump loyalist to the job — as the appointment endangers a bipartisan compromise on renewing a key spy authority. Mr. Trump chose Pulte, … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! If you give them an inch, they may take a mile. And if you give Congress a deadline, they’ll probably take 13 days. Or perhaps 45. Congress recently struggled to reauthorize the nation’s most effective, and arguably most controversial, spying program. After much division, lawmakers only renewed … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump signed a 45-day extension for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Thursday night after the Senate rejected the three-year extension passed by the House, the White House confirmed to Fox News Digital. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., warned House leaders … Read more
Every two years for more than a decade, Melani Candia has gotten approved to stay in the U.S. with her husband and two cats and — more recently — continue to work in special education in Florida. But this year, delays in Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a program that has shielded her and hundreds … Read more
Congress passes short-term FISA 702 extension Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the 13-day FISA extension. Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., discusses the measure and Virginia’s controversial redistricting vote on ‘Fox Report.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Congressional Republicans are racing to extend a controversial spying program before it is … Read more
Washington — A powerful surveillance authority the U.S. government uses to spy on foreigners is in limbo as a stalemate in the House threatens to derail its renewal ahead of its expiration this week. The controversial spy tool, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, is set to lapse Thursday after Congress … Read more
The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday said it has ordered the Walt Disney Co. to file for early license renewal applications for its ABC television stations. The FCC said in its order that it is investigating ABC stations for “possible violations” of the Communications Act of 1934 and the agency’s prohibition on unlawful discrimination. An … Read more
Congress passes short-term FISA 702 extension Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the 13-day FISA extension. Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., discusses the measure and Virginia’s controversial redistricting vote on ‘Fox Report.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House GOP leadership is struggling to win over GOP privacy hawks as lawmakers … Read more