WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Friday rejected adding a warrant requirement to a key U.S. government surveillance tool, turning aside a proposal that was strongly opposed by the White House and national security leaders.
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson brought forward the revised proposal, which would reform and extend a section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act known as Section 702 for a shortened period of two years, instead of the full five-year reauthorization first proposed. Johnson hoped that the shorter timeline would sway GOP critics by pushing any future debate on the issue to the presidency of Donald Trump if he were to win back the White House in
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