Congress is staring down the expiration of a controversial spy powers law this week amid partisan and ideological gridlock as the FIFA World Cup—with its added security needs—kicks off in North America.
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is set to expire June 12 absent another short-term extension. That might be unlikely, as congressional Democrats are blocking any moves to do so over President Donald Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as the acting director of national intelligence. They see Pulte as a loyalist who has used his perch as the nation’s top housing regulator to launch investigations into ...