The briefing for Tuesday, June 9.

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is set to expire June 12 after a failed Senate vote last week, threatening foreign intelligence collection capabilities. The surveillance authority allows the CIA, NSA, and FBI to collect communications from foreign targets overseas without a warrant. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton and Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley warned Secretary of State Marco Rubio to prepare for a significant gap in intelligence collection.

The renewal effort collapsed after President Trump selected federal housing finance regulator Bill Pulte to serve as acting director of national intelligence. Seven Republicans joined nearly all Democrats in blocking a long-term extension, with critics from both parties arguing Pulte lacks the national security experience needed to oversee 18 intelligence agencies. Democrats have also raised concerns that Pulte used his current position to investigate Trump's perceived political rivals, including New York Attorney General Letitia James and Senator Adam Schiff.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune acknowledged that Democrats' votes are needed to pass any extension, saying the timing of Pulte's appointment 'arguably wasn't the best' but shouldn't derail the critical program. Trump has said Pulte won't be his permanent pick but has not announced a nominee for Senate confirmation. Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, said Democrats won't support renewal unless Pulte's appointment is withdrawn, telling ABC's 'This Week' that the White House 'has the power to fix this today.'

A federal appeals court has ordered further review of who qualifies for refunds from $166 billion in tariffs collected before the Supreme Court struck down Trump's 'reciprocal' tariffs in February. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has so far accepted $89.6 billion in refund claims for processing and directed the Treasury to issue $20.6 billion in refunds. The Justice Department is appealing a judge's order that would make all importers eligible for refunds, arguing only companies that were parties to lawsuits challenging the tariffs should qualify.

Court of International Trade Judge Richard Eaton is holding a hearing Tuesday to determine whether to order CBP to speed up and expand the refund system. CBP currently limits applications to businesses whose tax bills weren't finalized when the Supreme Court ruled or were settled within 80 days before the ruling. The agency's executive assistant commissioner for trade, Susan Thomas, said CBP is developing a system for older payments but won't process cases beyond the 80-day window while the eligibility question is on appeal.

The dispute centers on CBP's complex customs review process, which can take up to four years to finalize import tax bills. Twenty states have argued the higher fees impede their ability to hire teachers and medical workers. In a court declaration, Thomas said if the court's order becomes final requiring refunds for all importers, 'CBP intends to fully comply with the court's final decision as expeditiously as possible.'

The Pentagon added several prominent Chinese tech companies to its military companies list Monday, including e-commerce giant Alibaba, electric car maker BYD, and search engine Baidu. The expanded list now includes 188 Chinese entities, up from roughly 130 last year. Companies on the list are barred from U.S. defense contracts and face reputational damage that could lead to additional restrictions. The Chinese Embassy accused the U.S. of 'overstretching the concept of national security' to target Chinese companies.

The Pentagon said Alibaba, BYD, and Baidu help boost China's defense industrial base through their affiliation with China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which oversees the country's technology and industrial policies. Alibaba, which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange, said there is no basis for its inclusion and that it is not part of any military-civil fusion strategy. The list also added robotics company Unitree, whose dancing robots appeared on NBC's 'America's Got Talent,' citing assistance the company received from the Chinese government.

The list was created by congressional mandate in 2021 to identify Chinese companies with links to China's military, including those contributing to the defense industrial base. When updating the list last year, the Pentagon noted that China's military seeks to acquire advanced technologies from Chinese companies, universities, and research programs that 'appear to be civilian entities.' The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party called the expanded list 'a warning to American businesses' and said companies on the list should be delisted from U.S. exchanges.

A federal judge in Boston struck down the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas Monday, ruling that the executive branch exceeded its authority and violated the Administrative Procedure Act. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin concluded that the policy 'imposes a tax on H-1B petitions without the requisite delegation by Congress.' The ruling contradicts an earlier federal court decision in Washington, D.C., that upheld the fee hike, setting up potential divided rulings across three appellate circuits.

The administration announced the higher fee as a way to prevent foreign workers from taking American jobs. H-1B visas are meant for high-skilled positions that are difficult to fill with American workers, with technology companies as the biggest users and nearly three-quarters of approvals going to workers from India. Twenty states sued in Boston, arguing the fee made it difficult to hire needed doctors and teachers. Most H-1B applications cost several thousand dollars before the increase.

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell said the ruling 'protects the integrity of the H-1B visa program as a tool to address severe labor shortages in vital industries like education, healthcare, and medical research.' The American Medical Association called it 'a victory for patients,' noting that international medical graduates play a vital role in caring for patients in underserved and rural areas. The Department of Homeland Security said it disagrees with the ruling and called it 'judicial activism.' The higher fee was scheduled to expire in September 2026.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed two additional cases of New World screwworm Monday, bringing the total to four cases in Texas locations hundreds of miles apart. The new cases were found in a calf in La Salle County and a dog in Andrews County, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping the spread of a parasite that could devastate the nation's cattle industry. The screwworm is actually a fly that produces larvae which eat live flesh instead of dead material, infesting open wounds in any warm-blooded animal including cattle, wildlife, pets, and occasionally humans.

The pest was first detected in Mexico in late 2024 after decades of containment at the southern end of Panama and was discovered in a Texas calf last week. Before elimination in the U.S. in the 1960s, the fly was an annual warm-weather scourge of cattle ranchers. The USDA and cattle industry have been racing to prevent an infestation since the Mexican detection.

The government fights the fly by breeding sterile male flies that mate with wild females, which only mate once in their monthslong lives. By mating with sterile flies, females don't produce more flies and outbreaks can eventually be halted. USDA Undersecretary Dudley Hoskins said the agency is simultaneously addressing immediate cases and working to eradicate the pest entirely. The USDA has announced plans to increase sterile fly production while building a fly factory in Texas. Secretary Brooke Rollins was briefed on the infestation Monday at the U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory in Kerrville, Texas.