NSA mass surveillance ends: Agency banned from bulk collection of domestic phone records for first time since 9/11 aftermath as Senate fails to reach deal

The upper house tried to find a way to keep the program going after provisions in the Patriot Act expired at midnight - but couldn't find a solution, in part due to the efforts of dissenter Rand Paul.

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