Left: Bill Pulte testifies at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., February 27, 2025. Right: President Donald Trump signs a document in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 26, 2025.(Annabelle Gordon, Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

I posted late yesterday about how President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress were trying to entice the Democratic minorities in both chambers to agree to a temporary extension of the government’s statutory foreign intelligence collection authority -- FISA Section 702. An important vote is scheduled to happen in the House today and appears doomed to fail.

Section 702 will expire at midnight on Friday if not extended. In principle, there is majority bipartisan support to extend the provision for three years, and the president supports such a deal. Yet, there are still details to be worked out -- mainly, additional

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