A vital US spy program, Section 702, has expired. Congress failed to extend its powers. This tool helps prevent terror attacks and track foreign spies. A court order allows its use for another year. Lawmakers are on recess. The program's renewal has been contentious due to privacy concerns. A new intelligence director pick may help.

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.

WASHINGTON, June 11 — A US surveillance law that allows federal authorities to collect the communications of foreigners abroad and search them for Americans’ data without a...

...long been controversial, in part because Americans can also be caught up in its warrantless surveillance dragnet.

The House failed to pass a last-minute, short-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is set to expire on Friday.

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

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

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

The House of Representatives failed to renew FISA Section 702, a surveillance law that allows U.S. spy agencies to collect foreigners' communications.

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

“Every day that Section 702 is in effect without reforms is a day that Americans’ rights are under threat," Sen. Ron Wyden said.

The law is set to expire on Friday at midnight

The House voted 198-218 against extending FISA Section 702, letting the warrantless surveillance authority lapse as lawmakers clash over privacy reforms.

The House of Representatives has voted against extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, putting one of the U.S. government's most important intelligence…

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The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s warrantless wiretap provision has been suspended for the first time since 2008.

Congress failed to extend the Section 702 warrantless surveillance power, which sunsets Friday. Democrats say the president can unlock the votes by removing Bill Pulte as acting…

WASHINGTON, United States: The US House of Representatives on Thursday rejected a short-term extension of a major warrantless surveillance program, leaving one of Washington’s…