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 ...

Law allows government to spy on emails, texts and phone calls outside the US, including those of some Americans Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Congress spent the past week in a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The US Congress has voted to temporarily extend an expiring law that governs how intelligence agencies can gather information from US telecom companies. While the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ...

Conservative privacy hawks delivered a blunt verdict to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after weeks of wrangling over an extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: no ...