The U.S. Senate on June 5 blocked a procedural motion to advance a three-year extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a warrantless foreign surveillance authority used by U.S. intelligence agencies, after President Trump selected federal housing finance regulator Bill Pulte to serve as acting director of national intelligence. The motion failed 47-52, leaving the program set to expire at 11:59 p.m. on June 12 unless Congress acts. Democrats objected to Pulte’s a...

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