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  Support independent journalism Without readers like you, we wouldn’t exist. DONATE Friday, April 17, 2026 In Dead of Night, Johnson Tries—But Fails—to Ram Through Domestic Spying Bill for Trump The president and GOP House speaker wanted a 5-year extension of a despised domestic spying bill. Instead, they got just two weeks. "Now, they will have to fight in daylight tomorrow!" said one Democratic lawmaker A dramatic series of votes in the  US House  of Representatives resulted in a dead-of-night extension of what critics describe as a “deceitful proposal” to continue a controversial domestic spying program, known as  Section 702 , that allows federal agencies to spy on the communications of Americans without a warrant. While US President  Donald Trump  and his allies on the issue have pushed aggressively for a longer agreement to continue the controversial provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, most of the Democratic caucus and a ...