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Conservative House Republicans escalated a fight over government surveillance, pledging to add a CBDC ban to any FISA Section 702 reauthorization before the mid-June deadline.

The administration isn’t exactly winning here. The GOP has been opposed to a clean reauthorization since its first brush with warrantless surveillance back during the Biden administration. GO…

Congress renewed Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for another 45 days. But the fight to reform the wiretapping authority isn’t over yet.

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 those powers expire at the end of the day,…

The House has approved a three year extension of the surveillance program known as FISA Section 702. The bill now heads to the Senate, where it faces a difficult path to final passage.

A bipartisan coalition in Congress is challenging a surveillance law that lets the FBI search Americans' communications without a warrant.

The House GOP revolt on FISA Friday wasn't just a setback for Speaker Mike Johnson.

The Senate on Friday agreed to a temporary extension of FISA, or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, until April 30. A divide among House Republicans derailed a vote Thursday night to renew the law for five years.…

Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz with U.S. blockade still in effect; Congress passes temporary extension of surveillance law FISA.

Some lawmakers are calling for widespread reforms following years of surveillance scandals and abuses across successive U.S. administrations.…

Three years after saying it had stopped buying location data of Americans without a warrant, the FBI acknowledged it has restarted the purchases.