Lawmakers voted down Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, leaving the spy program on the brink of expiration over Trump’s controversial pick to lead the intelligence community.

The House of Representatives has just voted down a bill that would have extended the intelligence community’s warrantless surveillance powers by three weeks. The measure, which needed a two-thirds majority to pass,

The House did not pass a short-term extension of a powerful surveillance tool Thursday morning as members headed out of town for a recess, all but ensuring the spy power’s statutory authority would lapse going into the weekend.

House GOP leaders abruptly canceled a vote Thursday on a resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran just as Republicans were on the verge of losing the vote due to absences.

While public sentiment has drifted in Democrats’ favor in many of the midterm House races, Republicans have strong-armed a structural advantage: redrawing congressional maps.

The House on Wednesday passed a measure that would force President Trump to end the war with Iran without congressional authorization, marking the first time the lower chamber has defied the White House on the conflict.

The House passed a resolution on Wednesday to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran, a significant rebuke to Trump and his handling of the conflict.

House Republican leaders have scheduled a vote on Tuesday to pass their party’s $70 billion bill to fund President Trump’s immigration crackdown through the remainder of his term. Passage in the House would send the measure to Mr.

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution on Wednesday to block President Donald Trump from continuing the war against Iran,