House vote to extend FISA spy tool fails and it could lapse as Friday deadline looms

House vote to extend FISA spy tool fails and it could lapse as Friday deadline looms

WASHINGTON — A rare lapse in a law that allows the United States to gather intelligence abroad appears likely after the House failed on Thursday to temporarily extend the program, in a protest of President Trump ‘s refusal to name a permanent head of the nation’s intelligence agencies. Trump has doubled down on his temporary pick for … Read more