India, April 15 -- Donald Trump on Tuesday, April 14, urged Republican lawmakers to extend a law that allows American spy agencies to surveil foreigners abroad. The US President called upon lawmakers to use data drawn from US digital infrastructure before the authorization expires next ​week.

Trump emphasized that Section 702 of the ⁠Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA 702), which is among various authorizations passed after the ​September 11, 2001, attacks, is important for the US military. He called upon Republicans to stick together to extend it.

"I am working very hard with our Great Speaker, Mike Johnson, along with Chairman Jim Jordan and Chairman Rick Crawford, to get a clean extension of FISA 702 throug...