It doesn't appear to be easy to support the USA Freedom Act. The Act's full real name is the "Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet-Collection ...

It extends the expiration of three Patriot Act provisions—Section 215, roving wiretaps and the lone wolf surveillance authority—to December 2019.

It underscores the crying need for NSA reform. But as the article below argues, passing the USA Freedom Act will only be a first step on that path. On April 30, the House Judiciary Committee ...

Former Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard faces a contempt hearing after failing to turn over public records amid legal and ...

Prominent attorneys Abbe Lowell and Norm Eisen joined the Freedom of the Press Foundation's campaign to thwart efforts by ...

The Senate has approved the USA Freedom Act, which will alter the way U.S. agencies conduct surveillance and gather data. A final vote on the bill came late Tuesday afternoon, after amendments to ...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Monday that senators would vote on the bipartisan USA Freedom Act "as soon as we can." Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr ...

To be clear, the bill that passed yesterday is not as strong as we wanted. It is markedly weaker than the original version of the USA Freedom Act that the ACLU first supported in 2013, which itself ...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed into law the USA Freedom Act, which extends three expiring surveillance provisions of the 9/11-era USA Patriot Act. It also overhauls the most ...

The act prevents local governments from banning boats based on the type of fuel they use and also bans random stops and searches without probable cause.

In March, the commission also ordered Apple to open up some of its well-known features, like proximity-triggered pairing, ...

(AP/Evan Vucci) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is in a box on the Patriot Act. Two weeks ago, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the USA Freedom Act—a bill ...