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Mike Johnson faces revolt from GOP privacy hawks threatening to kill FISA renewal as deadline looms
Congress passes short-term FISA 702 extension
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House GOP leadership is struggling to win over GOP privacy hawks as lawmakers race to extend a powerful government surveillance program ahead of Thursday’s deadline.
The House Rules Committee on Tuesday postponed consideration of a rule teeing up a chamber-wide vote on an extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) as Republicans remain sharply divided over the program.
The plan would renew the spy law for three years while enacting new penalties for abuses of FISA searches. The measure, however, stops short of incorporating a warrant requirement desired by GOP privacy hawks, who want the adoption of tougher privacy guardrails.
The postponed committee action raises doubts about whether House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can pass an extension of the law before it lapses on April 30.
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 13, 2026. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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The mounting obstacles to passing a FISA renewal in the House could also allow the Senate to act first and force the lower chamber to swallow whatever it passes. The Senate is scheduled to hold a procedural vote on a three-year extension bill later on Tuesday.
Democrats on the House Rules Committee blasted Republicans for indefinitely postponing consideration of the measure after punting a previously scheduled Tuesday morning meeting to take up the procedural measure. The panel initially adjourned on Monday evening after an hours-long session to allow for more time for Republicans to reach a deal.
«After waiting around all night for Republicans to make a deal — with themselves — on a procedural rule for the week, Democrats showed up to the Rules Committee for an 8 a.m. meeting,» Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., wrote on social media. «Unsurprisingly, when we showed up, we were told there is still no deal.
«Their chaos is only matched by their incompetence,» he added.
The stalled rule also delays consideration of a budget blueprint to fund immigration enforcement and a sweeping bill authorizing agriculture and nutrition priorities known as the farm bill, which GOP leadership is hoping to pass on the floor this week.
House conservatives, who voted down two previous proposals offered by GOP leadership, have so far withheld their support for reauthorizing Section 702 absent reforms.
Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., ripped Republicans on the House panel for punting consideration of a procedural measure teeing up a vote on Section 702 of FISA, among other legislation. (Tom Williams/Getty Images)
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The spy tool allows the government to surveil foreigners abroad who use U.S. platforms even when those communications involve Americans. A mix of conservatives and progressives have long advocated for changes to the program to force intelligence officials to obtain a warrant prior to reviewing Americans’ data.
Several conservative lawmakers on Monday criticized leadership’s proposal as a minor reworking of the original 18-month extension bill that failed on the House floor.
«Really what we’re doing is taking existing law improvements based on two years ago, making some improvements on penalties and on some FISA transparency…but not going further with respect to warrant protections for American citizens on warrantless surveillance,» Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a key member of the House Freedom Caucus (HFC), said during debate on the measure in the House Rules Committee.
HFC members have sought to add a warrant requirement and language banning a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to the bill — policies they say are critical to winning their votes.
«Even as we are working to right the wrongs and abuses of FISA, it is important we permanently ban what would be the ultimate surveillance tool against our fellow citizens, a central bank digital currency,» Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital in a statement.
The Trump administration has pushed for a clean reauthorization of the program, citing the law’s critical national security role. Proponents of the spy law have hailed its ability to gather intelligence that has stopped potential terrorist attacks and drug trafficking.
Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, a notable GOP privacy hawk, offered his support for the three-year FISA extension during a post on social media last week.
«Collectively, this set of reforms provides robust privacy protections for American citizens. Congress should bank this win and reauthorize Section 702,» Davidson said. «Then, we should swiftly begin gutting the unmitigated surveillance state left growing unchecked during these 702 fights.»
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a member of the House Rules Committee, is pushing for amendments to the three-year FISA renewal bill drafted by House leadership. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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House Democratic leadership previewed their objections to Republicans’ FISA reauthorization plan on Monday. Widespread Democratic opposition means Johnson could afford to spare just a handful of GOP defections during a critical procedural vote that could occur as early as Tuesday afternoon.
«This surveillance mechanism could be abused by the likes of individuals like Kash Patel and the acting attorney general,» House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said during a news conference Monday. «These people have weaponized the criminal justice system, and they simply cannot be trusted to protect the privacy and the civil liberties of the American people.»
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Denuncian que la falta de maquinaria pesada complica las labores de rescate en Venezuela: “Se burlan de nosotros”
La búsqueda de sobrevivientes entre los edificios colapsados en Venezuela enfrenta un nuevo obstáculo que, según quienes trabajan sobre el terreno, podría estar ralentizando las tareas de rescate: la falta de maquinaria pesada. Mientras decenas de operadores especializados se desplazan desde distintos puntos del país para colaborar tras los terremotos del 24 de junio, muchos aseguran que permanecen sin poder intervenir porque las excavadoras y otros equipos indispensables simplemente no están disponibles.
La situación se repite en distintos sectores del estado La Guaira, donde se concentra gran parte de la devastación causada por los sismos de magnitudes 7,2 y 7,5. Allí, edificios enteros quedaron reducidos a montañas de concreto y acero, obligando a los rescatistas a depender de maquinaria pesada para avanzar con seguridad en la remoción de escombros.
Entre quienes viajaron para ayudar se encuentra Leonardo Malvasida, operador de maquinaria pesada que llegó desde el estado Lara junto a otros 11 trabajadores enviados por la alcaldía Andrés Eloy Blanco. El grupo emprendió el viaje tras conocer que hacían falta operadores capacitados, pero al llegar encontró un panorama completamente distinto.
“Ando en una comisión de 12 operadores (…) en vista de que nos dijeron que la necesidad que había era de operadores de maquinaria pesada, pero al llegar aquí nos dimos cuenta que todo lo contrario, pues no hay maquinaria pesada”, explicó.
Según relató, el problema no es la falta de personal calificado, sino la escasez de equipos disponibles para trabajar.
Hay “cantidades de operadores, pero no hay maquinaria pesada”, afirmó.
Malvasida sostuvo además que varias excavadoras pertenecen a empresas privadas cuyos propietarios no permiten que sean manejadas por personas ajenas a sus equipos habituales. Otras, añadió, permanecen detenidas por desperfectos mecánicos o por la falta de combustible.
“Las que hay son privadas, no permiten que las mueva cualquier operador y algunas están accidentadas (…), otras por falta de gasoil”, señaló.
Mientras tanto, el tiempo continúa corriendo para quienes esperan noticias de familiares desaparecidos. En las primeras jornadas posteriores al desastre, vecinos denunciaron que las máquinas comenzaron a llegar con demora a las zonas más afectadas. Según los testimonios recogidos en La Guaira, recién hacia el viernes empezaron a verse algunos equipos y fue durante el sábado cuando aumentó su presencia, aunque todavía consideran insuficiente la capacidad de respuesta.
Los operadores afirman que solicitaron a las autoridades el envío de maquinaria adicional para poder incorporarse a las labores de rescate. Sin embargo, aseguran que todavía no recibieron una solución concreta.
“Solo nos han dicho que esperemos a que ellos desocupen en los edificios donde están trabajando”, explicó Malvasida al referirse a la respuesta recibida.
“Estamos trabajando con las uñas”
La escasez de equipos obliga a numerosos vecinos a remover escombros manualmente mientras esperan la llegada de ayuda. En Tanaguarena, una de las localidades más golpeadas, muchos familiares continúan participando directamente en la búsqueda de personas atrapadas bajo los restos de edificios colapsados.
Josely Zorrilla es una de ellas. Contó que durante días trabajó junto a otros vecinos prácticamente sin maquinaria.
“Hemos trabajado con las uñas”, resumió al describir el esfuerzo realizado para localizar a sus familiares.
La mujer relató que encontró sin vida a su madre y a una sobrina entre los escombros. Ahora continúa buscando a su padre y al novio de la joven fallecida. A ese dolor se suma otro problema: aseguró que una funeraria le exige 600 dólares para realizar la cremación de sus familiares.
Zorrilla también denunció obstáculos para acceder a la maquinaria disponible.
“Hay 1.500 trabas, un general por allá tiene cuatro maquinarias y nos dijo que no tenía autorización, que si queríamos que llamáramos a Delcy Rodríguez, burlándose de nosotros”, afirmó.
Aunque destacó el apoyo brindado por brigadas internacionales, especialmente provenientes de Francia y México, considera que los recursos siguen siendo insuficientes para atender la magnitud del desastre. “Es desesperante”, expresó.
Los terremotos ocurridos el miércoles son considerados los más mortíferos registrados en Venezuela en más de un siglo. Miles de rescatistas nacionales y extranjeros permanecen desplegados en las zonas afectadas mientras continúa la búsqueda de sobrevivientes. Paralelamente, el régimen interino anunció la creación de una comisión para evaluar viviendas dañadas y prolongó por una semana la suspensión de las clases.
Sin embargo, para quienes siguen esperando encontrar a un familiar bajo los escombros, la urgencia pasa por otro lado: conseguir las máquinas necesarias para remover el concreto antes de que el tiempo termine por extinguir las últimas posibilidades de hallar personas con vida.
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Emotion and feelings: How Democratic Socialists’ congressional insurgency could come back to bite them
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Democratic Socialists of America are on the charge, running hot off their wins in the New York Democratic primaries last week. Their victories in multiple Congressional seats – felling both Reps. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., and Dan Goldman, D-N.Y. – signals that the party is ready to move on from the same old, same old.
Espaillat chaired the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Goldman was a key House staffer during the first impeachment of President Donald Trump.
«Even Dan Goldman’s not good enough for them,» said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Fox. «That is how radical it’s become.»
Some moderate Democrats are trying to distance themselves from the left.
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The left flank of the Democratic Party has surged to the top of the nation’s most hotly-contested primaries. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
«That’s not the same brand of politics that we have. We’re not those type of Democrats,» said Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., who represents a battleground district.
«There’s a new group of Democratic Socialists who are socialists who are not commonsense Democrats. Who are not interested in getting things done. They’re interested in throwing bombs. Not actually solving problems,» said Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J.
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Some Democrats are worried how far left candidates command more attention than those in the middle. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet, D-Mich., worries that the outsized attention garnered by the left sends the wrong impression to voters.
«What they don’t want is divisiveness. They don’t want screaming and yelling,» said McDonald Rivet.
Mainstream Democrats feel trapped in the middle as the left – specifically the New York City left – wields an outsized media and political megaphone.
«Those candidates would not have won in Virginia where I live,» said Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va.
Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., is among the moderate Democrats trying to distance themselves from the party’s insurgent wing. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Republicans believe they are primed to nationalize the midterms. Republicans can do that by highlighting the extreme views of Democratic Socialists who captured primary victories in New York City. The GOP wants to portray their opponents as veering left.
«These are board-certified communists, right?» asked Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan. «They want no police. They want no private property.»
President Trump capitalized on the Democratic outcomes in his home city.
«The Democrat party is in big trouble because this isn’t stopping with New York,» he forecast.
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This shakeup has progressive leaders demanding transformation at the top.
«You’re going to see, I think, people voting for new leadership and to change their representation,» said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
The Democratic Party tapped Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., to deliver their official response to President Trump’s 2025 State of the Union speech. Slotkin is a moderate who won in a battleground race in 2024 – even as the President prevailed in the Wolverine State. But during an appearance on SiriusXM, Slotkin insists on a Democratic Party management switch.
«If people can’t understand that the game has fundamentally changed and they can’t adapt, then they need to let others,» said Slotkin. «The old models do not work for people.»
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is perceived by Republicans as vulnerable after his preferred candidates failed in their congressional primaries. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
Republicans believe House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is vulnerable after the DSA elected their candidates over his preferred picks in New York City.
«I think Hakeem Jeffries’ friends and neighbors gave him a big middle finger,» said House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky. «If you lose three elections in your hometown, that’s a pretty big slap in the face.»
He added that Democrats «are going further and further to the left to the point where they are full-blown, card-carrying socialists.»
And then there is the anti-Israel, anti-Jewish, and in some cases, antisemitic take by some of these candidates. Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, is a moderate Democrat from a swing district. He’s Jewish and one of the most pro-Israel Democrats in the House.
«There are some on the left who use Israel the way that some on the right use immigrants or trans kids as a way to divide. And I think it’s terrible. It’s also just not what voters want us talking about,» said Landsman.
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Yours truly tangled with Rep. John Larson, D-Conn. – who once chaired the House Democratic Caucus. I pressed him about what the party would do about some candidates «who are too far to the left.»
«What does that mean? That’s your statement. Did the people of New York vote?» queried Larson.
I assured him that they did.
«Is that democracy?» asked Larson.
«But if some of them are antisemitic,» I countered.
«Is that a democracy?» continued Larson.
«Will you stand by people if they have antisemitic views?» I followed up.
Larson finally addressed my inquiry. His answer crystallized the schism the Democratic Party now faces.
«I’m against antisemitism, if that’s your question,» Larson declared.
Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., got into a heated exchange with Fox News’ Chad Pergram over the views of some likely members of his party’s next freshman class. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The fact that Democrats are now facing this debate robs them of valuable time on economic issues.
Landsman argued that voters would prefer candidates to stick to groceries and the price of gas.
Gottheimer echoed Landsman on kitchen table subjects.
«We should be focused on ways to actually solve problems like that. Not coming in here and using tea party tactics and trying to divide up the country and pray to socialist ideals,» said Gottheimer.
So what is the party to do?
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«They’re our nominees. We’re going to support them. We’re going to welcome them. They’re going to be part of our caucus and we’re going to unite behind Leader Jeffries,» said Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the Oversight panel.
But that doesn’t address the fissures. It doesn’t address how voters may perceive the party. And it doesn’t establish if these new Democratic nominees will work on behalf of the party to raise money and advocate for Democrats across the board. Or, will they become professional bomb throwers – ala what the right has endured for a while.
«It’s going to be a lot harder to get things done when you get more and more extreme candidates who are here because they’re interested in political celebrity. They are interested in fighting. They’re interested in making points,» asserted Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D.
Republicans have had an abysmal week themselves – President Donald Trump and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., for instance, got into a shouting match over Iran. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images)
Republicans suffered through an absolutely abysmal week. House GOP leaders had to yank multiple bills off the floor and send lawmakers home early because of internal disputes. President Trump and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., got into a shouting match about Iran. And the president even threatened to veto a bipartisan housing bill. President Trump then refused to sign the bill at the Capitol, despite his aides touting the bill and House Republicans tricking out Statuary Hall for a signing ceremony.
The President characterized the housing bill as «a yawn.»
But the Democrats’ internal fractures may have superseded any internecine fighting among Republicans.
«While it’s not been a great week for Republicans, I think it’s been a much worse week for Democrats because of these primary elections,» observed Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla.
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Democrats will certainly run on economic issues and capitalize on statements by the President about basic issues like housing. But will a genuine policy debate outweigh fears about progressives nationwide?
Emotion and feelings rule in politics. And it could be a problem for Democrats if Republicans appropriate what happened in New York and Xerox it onto battleground districts across the country.
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