WASHINGTON (AP) — A key surveillance tool seen as vital in preventing terror attacks and catching foreign spies is set to expire Friday after congressional efforts to temporarily extend it

A US surveillance law that allows federal authorities to collect the communications of foreigners abroad and search them for Americans’ data without a

Congress is struggling to extend a key surveillance law — in part due to privacy concerns and to Trump's pick of Bill Pulte for spy chief.

Democrats are refusing to back an extension of Section 702.