House rushes to overnight vote to renew key surveillance tool used by US spy agencies - AP News

House rushes to overnight vote to renew key surveillance tool used by US spy agencies  AP News

House Votes to Extend Expiring Law on Warrantless Surveillance for 10 Days

The Senate would need to also approve the stopgap measure that passed the House early Friday. Libertarian-leaning House Republicans had balked at a long-term extension.

By Charlie Savage

House Rejects Compromise Surveillance Bill, Forcing Short-Term FISA Extension - WSJ

House Rejects Compromise Surveillance Bill, Forcing Short-Term FISA Extension  WSJ

House votes to briefly extend warrantless surveillance law amid GOP divisions

Trump officials say the program is vital to national security, but skeptics — including some Republicans — have stonewalled its reauthorization without changes to protect civil liberties.

By Noah Robertson, Mariana Alfaro

US Congress passes 10-day extension of surveillance law amid Republican infighting

Trump repeatedly demanded that Republicans unify to pass a longer extension of the Fisa warrantless spying law Both chambers of Congress voted in quick succession Friday to pass a brief 10-day extension of a controversial warrantless surveillance law after Republican infighting tanked plans for a much longer renewal of the law with no changes. Donald Trump had repeatedly demanded that Republican holdouts “UNIFY” behind Mike Johnson, the US House speaker, in favor of an extension of section 70...

By Sanya Mansoor

House extends surveillance powers for 10 days

Earlier in the morning GOP leaders had pushed for either a five-year renewal or the 18-month renewal President Trump had demanded, but both votes tanked.

By Eric McDaniel

Senate temporarily extends nation’s controversial spying powers after House fumbles

The Senate voted unanimously to extend FISA surveillance powers after the House failed to reauthorize the program in the dead of night before its fast-approaching deadline.

House approves short-term extension of key surveillance law after dealing GOP leadership pair of floor defeats - CNN

House approves short-term extension of key surveillance law after dealing GOP leadership pair of floor defeats  CNN

Three things to know about FISA Section 702: Congress passes short-term extension of controversial surveillance program

The law allows the U.S. government to surveil people outside the U.S., including when they're communicating with American citizens.

US Congress extends controversial surveillance law by 10 days

Congress passed a short extension to a high-profile surveillance law on Friday after failing to secure the long-term reauthorisation pushed by US President Donald Trump. The brief pause comes after a late-night attempt to reauthorise the law for ‌five years failed in the House. It sets up another round of wrangling over whether and how to reform what is known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows the National Security Agency to surveil foreigners using data...

By Reuters

House approves renewal of controversial spy agency surveillance powers after late-night revolt

Democrats blasted the middle-of-the-night voting as amateur hour

By The Associated Press

US House extends surveillance powers until April 30 after late-night vote

House members voted by unanimous consent to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) through April 30.

US House passes extension of international surveillance law

The US House of Representatives voted in the early hours of Friday to extend a key government surveillance authorisation for two weeks, after a Republican push for a five-year renewal failed to advance. Members voted by unanimous consent to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) through 30 April. The measure now […]

By Newsroom

House punts on spying law after late-night revolt

A 10-day extension on the bill was passed by a voice vote

By Peter Weber, The Week US

Lawmaker files bill restoring fuel price regulation

MANILA – Manila 3rd District Rep. Joel Chua has filed a bill returning to the state the power to step in when fuel prices swing sharply in the world market. House Bill (HB) No. 8839, or the proposed “Fuel Price Stabilization and Energy Security Act,” seeks to establish a Fuel Regulatory Board, create a new

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House Votes To Extend Surveillance Powers Until April 30

House Votes To Extend Surveillance Powers Until April 30 The US House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) - which was notoriously abused so spy on the 2016 Trump campaign, and has been used for "backdoor searches" targeting Americans. Friday's vote - via unanimous consent after a longer five-year reauthorization pushed by Republicns failed to advance - extends Section 702 until April 30.  The sho...

By Tyler Durden

Reps probe insurance gaps in N1.12tn Anchor Borrowers Scheme

The Anchor Borrowers Programme, introduced in 2015 by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is a federal government intervention designed to boost agricultural production, particularly among smallholder farmers. The post Reps probe insurance gaps in N1.12tn Anchor Borrowers Scheme appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

By Sharon Eboesomi