Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic attempt to revive a controversial wiretapping law for 30 days on Monday night, leading to a mini-squabble on the chamber floor over the Bush administration’s ...

Key senators signaled on Tuesday that they would support a short-term extension of soon-to-expire surveillance programs if lawmakers are not able to break the stalemate by the mid-March deadline.

The sweeping defense bill reauthorizes a provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act which critics say has been used to illegally target American citizens. WASHINGTON (CN) — In one of its ...