Surveillance Law Extension Vote Collapses Amid GOP Clash

The House of Representatives has abandoned plans to vote on rival bills to extend and reform a controversial surveillance law known as Section 702 after a heated dispute among Republicans. The law allows warrantless surveillance of foreigners abroad but can also collect Americans' private messages. Lawmakers from both parties are divided on how severely to restrict officials' ability to access Americans' communications. Progressive Democrats and right-wing Republicans support a Judiciary Committee bill that would curtail the law and enhance privacy protections, while centrists and national security hawks back an Intelligence Committee bill with more modest changes. The fate of the law, set to expire at the end of the month, is now uncertain.