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Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, listens during a news conference in New York, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ** FILE **

Senate Republican defies Trump’s demand to delay confirmation hearing for DNI nominee

By Lindsey McPherson and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton exits court on Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) ** FILE **

Senate confirmation hearing for DNI nominee Clayton postponed as Trump seeks to squeeze Democrats

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin speaks during a news conference on unaccompanied children at the Justice Department Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Homeland Security’s Mullin says spy power lapse makes it more difficult to monitor threats

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump is pictured during an event where he signs a proclamation about the fishing industry, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House aide: Trump can’t single-handedly restore FISA spy power after Congress lets it expire

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters after the House failed to temporarily extend FISA, the law that allows the U.S. to gather intelligence abroad, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Foreign surveillance law set to expire as Congress leaves town after rejecting extension

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol is photographed, Monday, June 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Republican senators warn surveillance program may lapse after Trump intel pick backlash

By Joey Cappelletti and Mary Clare Jalonick and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

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

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 passes FISA bill as GOP works through other intraparty feuds

By Lindsey McPherson and Kerry Picket - 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

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

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., 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