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US President Wants FISA Reauthorization Unchanged

WBUR Boston Washington DC 15d15d Impact 6

President Trump desires the reauthorization of FISA without any modifications. He has stated a willingness to relinquish his rights for the military's benefit. If this bill fails, Johnson will have two remaining options for FISA's future. President Biden is seeking to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) without any changes. The act's Section 702, which allows for the collection of foreign intelligence data on non-US persons abroad, is set to expire. There are discussions about whether to include a warrant requirement for accessing data collected on Americans. The outcome could endanger Speaker Johnson's leadership within his own party. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is also a major task for Congress, with the agency having been shuttered for over two months, marking the longest shutdown in its history.

President Trump desires the reauthorization of FISA without any modifications. He has stated a willingness to relinquish his rights for the military's benefit. If this bill fails, Johnson will have two remaining options for FISA's future. President Biden is seeking to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) without any changes. The act's Section 702, which allows for the collection of foreign intelligence data on non-US persons abroad, is set to expire. There are discussions about whether to include a warrant requirement for accessing data collected on Americans. The outcome could endanger Speaker Johnson's leadership within his own party. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is also a major task for Congress, with the agency having been shuttered for over two months, marking the longest shutdown in its history. The agency is caught in a partisan fight over immigration enforcement operations. The US House of Representatives faces two options for moving forward on FISA reauthorization, with one option potentially rendering the tool useless by over-encumbering courts. House Republicans have rejected a bipartisan Senate deal that would fund the entire Department of Homeland Security, opting for a slower, one-party approach. President Trump has set a June 1st deadline for this action.

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Sources · 7 independent

WBUR Boston

“Well, President Trump, he wants to see it reauthorized without changes. He frames it as willing to give up his rights for the sake of the military. He talked about that yesterday on Fox News Sunday. Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, looks like he's going to try a bill not so different than a moderate reform proposal that failed spectacularly multiple times in the middle of the night the week before last, when and if that f-”

WNYC 93.9 FM

“President Trump, he wants to see it reauthorized without changes. He frames it as willing to give up his rights for the sake of the military. Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, looks like he's going to try a bill not so different than a moderate reform proposal that failed spectacularly multiple times in the middle of the night the week before last.”

KQED FM

“just two options to move forward on FISA at a warrant requirement.”

Times Radio UK

“state right up until close before it started, a short time before.”

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WNYC 93.9 FM

“seems like he has just two options to move forward on FISA. could endanger Johnson's leadership over his own party. Now, let's talk about the other big task for Congress. That's funding the Department of Homeland Security.”

KQED FM

“just two options to move forward on FISA at a warrant requirement. which federal law enforcement advocates argue would render the tool neary-euthelous, useless by over-encumbering the courts, or work on a bipartisan version of the bill that loses the warrant folks in both parties but could attract enough support to pass with a two-thirds majority.”

CKNW 980 Vancouver

“US President wants FISA reauthorization unchanged.”

WBUR Boston

“case that DHS needs to reopen. He said Secret Service Agent who soda that led to, you know, asks like body-borne cameras for immigration enforcement. House Republicans have so far rejected a unanimous bipartisan deal out of the Senate that would fund all of DHS, but some immigration enforcement teams operating, opting for a slower one-party approach to fund the whole agency. It's not clear how quickly they can make that happen, though. President Trump has set a June 1st deadline.”

WBAL Baltimore

“The US President wants FISA reauthorization unchanged.”

Bloomberg Radio

“The US President wants FISA reauthorization unchanged.”

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