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Senate Intelligence Committee Sen. Mark R. Warner, D-Va., speaks to reporters about the war in Iran at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Senate Dems block reauthorization of foreign surveillance law over objections to Trump’s acting DNI

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol photographed Wednesday, March 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) ** FILE **

FISA spy law snagged in nearly two-decade fight over feds snooping on Americans’ data

By Lindsey McPherson and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

From left, FBI Director Kash Patel, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, arrive and prepare for a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to examine worldwide threats, Thursday, March 19, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Congress passes 45-day extension of federal surveillance law as debate over protections continues

By Kerry Picket and Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., questions U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer as he testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Senate extends federal surveillance law for 45 days, sends to House

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Senate Republicans aim for 45-day FISA extension

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson takes questions at a news conference following a closed-door GOP meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House approves bill to extend divisive U.S. surveillance program

By Joey Cappelletti and Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson takes questions at a news conference following a closed-door GOP meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes FISA bill as GOP works through other intraparty feuds

By Lindsey McPherson and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Republicans at an impasse to advance FISA reauthorization before Thursday deadline

By Kerry Picket and Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, speaks while House Majority Whip Tom Emmer R-Minn., right, and House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., left, listen during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Friday, March 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) **FILE**

Civil liberties groups slam Johnson’s spy law rewrite as a ‘three-year blank check’ for the FBI

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

The FBI seal is pictured in Omaha, Neb., on Aug. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) ** FILE **

House GOP makes new bid to overhaul FISA spy laws

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

FILE - The seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., April 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Reauthorize Section 702

By Jed Babbin

Sen. Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Congress approves brief extension of FISA surveillance; disputes unresolved

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Senate extends surveillance powers until April 30 after longer renewal collapsed in House

By Joey Cappelletti and Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and fellow Republicans celebrate GOP tax policies at an event outside the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House extends surveillance powers until April 30 after late-night revolt sinks GOP plan

By Joey Cappelletti and Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

CIA Director John Ratcliffe listens during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to examine worldwide threats on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner) **FILE**

GOP leaders again delay FISA vote despite personal pitch from CIA chief

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Friday, March 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Congress faces showdown over warrantless surveillance law

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speak at a news conference in Washington, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Trump urges Congress to pass clean extension of FISA, cites military action in Iran

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., pauses before taking questions at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Mike Johnson under the gun to pass renewal of the government’s FISA spy powers

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

FISA Shreds the Constitution Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Conservatives leverage FISA renewal for the SAVE America Act

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

The father of National Security Agency leaker Edward J. Snowden arrived Thursday, Oct. 11 in Moscow hoping to meet his son. “I am his father. I love my son,” Lon Snowden told reporters in remarks broadcast by Russian TV. (Associated Press)

Senate holds first public hearing on NSA; critics rip secret laws

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times