2026-06-15 20:55:43
Thune says Senate will move FISA bill without SAVE America Act, rebuffing Trump (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5925177-thune-fisa-save-act/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260615/p92#a260615p92
Thune says Senate will move FISA bill without SAVE America Act, rebuffing Trump (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5925177-thune-fisa-save-act/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260615/p92#a260615p92
Sometimes gridlock in Congress is a good thing! While most everybody was busy making fun of reflecting pools, UFC, and *waves hand*, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expired Friday night. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fisa-section-702-expirin…
Chances were fading on Wednesday for a breakthrough in Congress to salvage a warrantless surveillance law before its expiration this weekend,
after Trump dug in on naming a close ally who has alienated members of both parties to a top intelligence post.
Unless lawmakers act by midnight on Friday, the law, known as
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, will sunset.
It is the legal underpinning for what is widely considered to be the most po…
Trump ties FISA renewal to his stalled voting bill (Andrew Pantazi/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/14/trump-fisa-renewal-save-america-act
http://www.memeorandum.com/260614/p63#a260614p63
The US House fails to extend FISA's Section 702, ensuring the warrantless surveillance program will expire for the first time since its 2008 enactment (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/11/spy-law-on-track-to-lapse-a…
Trump administration live updates: House Democrats block short-term FISA renewal (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-congress-fisa-doj-ufc-2026-primary-elections-dhs-live-updates-rcna349535
http://www.memeorandum.com/260611/p59#a260611p59
House to take up last-minute extension of key FISA spy power, but uproar over Bill Pulte could doom vote (Caitlin Yilek/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-vote-extension-fisa-702-spy-power-bill-pulte-uproar-trump/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260611/p15#a260611p15
Senate GOP looks to Trump to clean up FISA mess (Punchbowl News)
https://punchbowl.news/article/senate/trump-fisa-mess/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260609/p45#a260609p45
Trump's elevating Bill Pulte as intelligence chief could mean FISA spy power expires (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-elevating-bill-pulte-intelligence-chief-mean-fisa-spy-power-expi-rcna349203
http://www.memeorandum.com/260609/p124#a260609p124
Capitol agenda: Five days to save FISA (Mia McCarthy/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/08/congress/fisa-section-702-deadline-trump-pulte-00953150
http://www.memeorandum.com/260608/p24#a260608p24
Hey hive mind - can anyone tell me if the infamous Section 702 of the FISA act is currently authorized? I can find a Wired article about a failed vote on Apr 17, and some stuff about S. 1318 (which isn’t law yet)
6 Republicans vote no on FISA extension (Finya Swai/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5911508-six-republicans-vote-no-on-fisa-extension/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260605/p100#a260605p100
House will vote Thursday on expected-to-fail surveillance patch (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/10/congress/house-vote-thursday-fisa-patch-00957656
http://www.memeorandum.com/260610/p127#a260610p127
Capital agenda: Cue shutdown watch after Republicans go it alone on ICE funding (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/10/congress/ice-funding-shutdown-fisa-epstein-00955573
http://www.memeorandum.com/260610/p48#a260610p48
House Republicans push $70 billion immigration funding package toward passage (Justin Papp/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/09/trump-ice-congress-fisa-immigration-funding.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260609/p74#a260609p74
Trump not expected to act on Pulte after Johnson meeting (Meredith Lee Hill/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/09/congress/donald-trump-fisa-pulte-00954796
http://www.memeorandum.com/260609/p95#a260609p95
Republicans hope Trump retreats on Pulte to save spy law (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/08/bill-pulte-dni-fisa-section-702-00954114
http://www.memeorandum.com/260608/p119#a260608p119
Senate Republicans move to extend spy powers as Trump intel pick inflames Democrats (Jordain Carney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/02/congress/senate-fisa-section-702-bill-00947277
http://www.memeorandum.com/260602/p128#a260602p128
Congress thought it had a spy-powers deal. Then Trump came in. (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/08/fisa-reauthorization-pulte-trump-00952622
http://www.memeorandum.com/260608/p5#a260608p5
Dems threaten FISA over Pulte (Punchbowl News)
https://punchbowl.news/article/senate/pulte-dems/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260603/p48#a260603p48
Foreign surveillance program set to expire after Democrats reject short-term renewal (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-congress-fisa-doj-ufc-2026-primary-elections-dhs-live-updates-rcna349535#rcrd111884
http://www.memeorandum.com/260612/p111#a260612p111
Senate panel schedules Jay Clayton confirmation hearing for July 15 (Jordain Carney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/07/congress/clayton-save-trump-fisa-surveillance-00989667
http://www.memeorandum.com/260707/p146#a260707p146