Trump says FISA extension must include voting bill
Trump said he will block the spy-powers extension unless lawmakers also pass a voter ID bill, adding pressure as the authorities expired Friday.
- President Donald Trump declared Sunday he opposes renewing expired Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act powers unless Congress passes the controversial Save America Act, adding significant legislative hurdles to restoring national security authorities.
- FISA Section 702 authorities expired Friday after Democrats refused an extension, citing concerns that Bill Pulte, the Federal Housing Financing Agency chief slated to become acting intelligence director, lacks the necessary nonpartisan standing for the role.
- Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer demanded Pulte's removal Thursday, while Trump has struggled to secure enough Republican support to abolish the 60-vote threshold required to pass most legislation in the Senate.
- Seeking a resolution, Trump nominated Jay Clayton, current U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to succeed National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard as permanent director, with Clayton scheduled to testify before the Senate this week.
- Pulte is slated to take over as acting director on Friday, creating a narrow window for the Senate to confirm a permanent replacement and resolve the intelligence leadership dispute before the interim transition occurs.
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Trump has fresh plan to pass SAVE America Act * WorldNetDaily * by Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal
Source link President Donald Trump hosts a Mother’s Day luncheon in the Rose Garden at the White House, Friday, May 8, 2026. (Official White House photo by Abe McNatt) President Donald Trump said he will not support the extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act unless it includes his voter ID bill, the SAVE America
Trump has fresh plan to pass SAVE America Act
President Donald Trump hosts a Mother’s Day luncheon in the Rose Garden at the White House, Friday, May 8, 2026. (Official White House photo by Abe McNatt) President Donald Trump said he will not support the extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act unless it includes his voter ID bill, the SAVE America Act. “A...
Trump gives Republicans new FISA headache with SAVE America Act push
President Donald Trump’s demand that Congress attach a voter identification bill to an extension of a government spy program will complicate efforts to pass reauthorization of the intelligence authority. Over the weekend, the president urged Congress to tie the SAVE America Act to a renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, warning he would oppose any extension that excludes it. Trump’s demand that the two pieces of le…
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Trump won’t back FISA renewal unless Save America Act passed too
A key – but controversial – surveillance tool used by the U.S. government to prevent terror attacks and catch foreign spies expired Friday and now faces an additional obstacle to being renewed.
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