WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has approved a short-term extension of a critical surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies, staving off a Friday expiration as disputes over a longer reauthorization ...

The House on Thursday passed a 45-day extension of the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act (FISA) Section 702 by a vote of 261-111, sending the measure to President Donald Trump’s desk for ...

Washington — A powerful surveillance authority that the U.S. government uses to spy on foreigners cleared the House on Wednesday, resolving one stalemate that threatened to derail its renewal before ...

Congressional Republicans are racing to extend a controversial spying program before it is scheduled to lapse Friday at midnight. House lawmakers voted 235 to 191 in a bipartisan manner to extend ...

One Republican House lawmaker for months has called the mandate "Orwellian" though legal processes still need to be remedied to go into effect by 2026 or 2027. Cars getting shut down by the government ...

The House passed a bill extending authorization for a contentious foreign spying power for three years, after weeks of GOP disputes initially forced Congress to issue a much shorter extension earlier ...

The U.S. Capitol is seen past antennas and satellites atop the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Washington Field Office near Judiciary Square on February 10, 2026. A law that has allowed federal ...

House GOP leadership’s plan to extend a powerful government surveillance program survived a critical hurdle, even as GOP privacy hawks threaten to stop the measure in its tracks on the House floor.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is warning that House Democrats might not back an extension of the government’s warrantless spy powers as long as FBI Director Kash Patel remains atop ...

Every now and again, depending on how long a life Congress gave it last time, the FISA debate makes the news. Some in Congress want to give it a five-year extension this time around, but naysayers ...