The issue is way bigger than Bill Pulte.

Forty-five days after Congress punted a fight to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Republican leaders are staring down a new deadline.

Democratic support will be crucial to getting an extension of the government spy program across the finish line.

The issue is way bigger than Bill Pulte.

Republicans have gently acknowledged how to get Democratic votes for FISA, which they’ll need to overcome a filibuster and counteract their own defections.

Democrats say they won't vote to reauthorize the key spy authority known as FISA Section 702 as long as Bill Pulte is leading the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Democrats are withholding their votes to extend FISA Section 702 after the president appointed an acting director of national intelligence with no national security background.

Congress spent another day stalled on the renewal of a key surveillance authority Tuesday, as President Donald Trump declined to help clear a legislative path and instead dug in…

By tapping an underqualified ally for one of the most sensitive intelligence jobs on Earth, the president is risking a major legislative miss.

“I have been doing this a while,” Sen. Ron Wyden told The Intercept. “And I’ve never had this kind of bipartisan support.”

US lawmakers are alarmed that Bill Pulte, a housing official with no intelligence experience, is poised to take charge of one of the government's most powerful surveillance tools.

Pulte's appointment has scrambled talks to renew a spy tool known as FISA 702, as lawmakers in both parties have been vocal about his lack of national security experience and role…

The House will vote on a short-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that will extend the program until July 2.

Democrats withheld their support for the measure over Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence.

The U.S. House rejected a short-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The surveillance authority expires Friday.

Measure failed in 198-218 vote after Democrats said they would block renewal of Fisa over naming of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act will expire this weekend unless Congress acts.

Some Republicans have voiced concerns about how the authority, though targeted at foreigners abroad, enables the incidental warrantless surveillance of Americans...

A bill that would have extended spy powers rules failed in the House Thursday after Democrats and some Republicans refused to back the measure.

After privacy advocates in Congress blocked proposed extensions of FISA Section 702, Trump announced he intends to nominate someone other than Bill Pulte as his next director of…

Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte as spy chief pushed centrist Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries to rally against a domestic spying law.