Executive Branch

Spy Power Lapses Amid Standoff Over Trump’s Intel Pick

Strong Democratic objections to the choice of Bill Pulte as acting intelligence chief added to bipartisan discomfort with warrantless surveillance of Americans.
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Spy Power Lapses Amid Standoff Over Trump’s Intel Pick
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on June 11, 2026. Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images
Nathan Worcester
Nathan Worcester
Senior Reporter
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WASHINGTON—An important but controversial spy law has lapsed amid a partisan impasse over President Donald Trump’s choice of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence.

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was temporarily renewed in late April with an expiration date of June 12.

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Nathan Worcester
Nathan Worcester
Senior Reporter
Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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