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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
"Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today," said Ben Franklin. If sloganeering was left to Congress, the motto might read, "Never do today what you can leave till tomorrow." That is ...
The GOP-led Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) deal is facing its first hurdle in the House Rules Committee. As the House Rules Committee takes up FISA, several GOP hardliners have offered ...
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 ...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has proposed a 45-day extension of the nation’s surveillance authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to avoid the possibility that ...
Congress has approved another short-term extension of controversial spy powers that permit US officials to monitor phone calls and text messages from foreign targets. The deadline to renew the ...
American flags fly in front of the U.S. Capitol at sunrise, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP After a dramatic few weeks of scrapped votes and tough ...