Trump Throws New Wrench in Efforts to Renew Key Spy Bill (opens in new tab)

Donald Trump has again upended efforts to renew a critical surveillance statute just as lawmakers had begun to reopen stalled talks.The president declared on Truth Social Monday that any work to renew FISA Section 702, a statute that allows federal agencies such as the NSA and the CIA to surveil foreigners on U.S. soil without warrants, must be passed alongside his voter ID bill, the SAVE America Act.That legislative measure sparked nationwide controversy earlier this year, particularly over ...