Spy program credited with stopping Taylor Swift terror plot barrels toward expiration

A key U.S. surveillance program is on the brink of expiring after House Democrats and a group of conservatives sank a temporary extension amid a standoff over President Donald Trump's intelligence chief pick. Lawmakers voted 198-218 on Thursday to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for three weeks, falling well short of the two-thirds majority needed for passage. The measure, meant to give Congress more time to negotiate a long-term renewal, faced an uphill ba