Senate Panel Scrutinizes Biden's Foreign Spy Program.

The Biden administration is struggling to convince lawmakers to renew the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) without significant new privacy safeguards. The law allows US spy agencies to collect the digital communications of foreigners located abroad, but recent abuses involving Americans have led both Republicans and Democrats to push for sweeping changes ahead of the statute's year-end expiration date. While administration officials argue that the surveillance program is vital to national security, lawmakers are more concerned about privacy abuses and are calling for more sweeping reforms, including a warrant requirement to limit the FBI's ability to search through the FISA database for information on Americans.