US spy law to expire for first time after lawmakers reject Trump’s controversial pick to lead spy agencies

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The decades-old foreign intelligence surveillance law has expired for the first time after Congress rejected the president’s nominee to lead the nation’s spy agencies. Lawmakers declined to reauthorize the measure amid controversy surrounding the nominee, but intelligence-gathering operations will continue despite the lapse.

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