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Emirates 24|7cites Associated PressApr 17, 2026

US House rushes to vote for renewing controversial surveillance tool

Speaker Mike Johnson backed a five-year extension of the FISA program despite previously supporting a clean renewal requested by Donald Trump.

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US House rushes to vote for renewing controversial surveillance tool
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The US House is moving toward a middle-of-the-night vote to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for five years, amid internal Republican disagreements and concerns over civil liberties.

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