Live updates: Iran weighs US peace terms; FISA spy powers on brink of expiration

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Service Act (FISA) will expire Friday after the House rejected a last-ditch extension attempt and left town for a weeklong recess.

A renewal deal blew up over bipartisan opposition to President Trump’s interim choice to be director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte. On Thursday, Trump said he would nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan and former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), for the job, but news came too late to get action on FISA.

The president on Thursday said the U.S. and Iran had nearly finalized a new framework for a peace deal. Details remain scant, and Iran........

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