On Thursday, President Donald Trump nominated U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to become the next Director of National Intelligence (DNI), one of the top federal roles for advising the president on matters of national security. The selection of Clayton comes as Trump has been widely criticized for selecting Bill Pulte, currently head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), to be “acting” DNI…
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After selecting Bill Pulte — a federal housing agency official with no experience in national security — to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), President Donald Trump and his strongest Republican allies in Congress are presenting a united front, claiming the nominee is a reformer who will be loyal to the president’s wishes. On Thursday, the White House sent out a…
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President Donald Trump has named William “Bill” Pulte, the current head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), as the next acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI), a position for which he has no expertise or apparent qualifications. Pulte will take over the role upon the exit of current DNI Tulsi Gabbard, who announced her resignation last month. Trump announced Pulte’s…
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President Donald Trump’s top counterterrorism official resigned on Tuesday in protest of the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran, in the first high level resignation sparked by the conflict. Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said in a letter posted to X that he had to resign because he cannot back the war. “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in…
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Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard is reportedly running her own inquiry into President Donald Trump’s debunked claims that his loss in the 2020 presidential race was the result of widespread election fraud in Georgia. Gabbard’s inquiry, which relies on evidence gathered last week in an FBI raid on an elections facility in Fulton County, Georgia, is separate from another…
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