Republican Mutiny Sinks Trump's Push to Extend Warrantless Surveillance

The House failed to pass a longer renewal of Section 702 after 20 Republicans joined Democrats to block the measure.

The defeat sank a Trump- and leadership-backed push for a clean reauthorization of the warrantless surveillance authority.

Lawmakers approved only a short stopgap extension, leaving the program’s future unresolved and sending the fight to the Senate.

Section 702 allows federal agencies to access large volumes of communications data, including Americans’ messages, without warrants.