Picking Dixon as the acting Director of National Intelligence is somewhat unusual since the longtime U.S. intelligence official was appointed to her current post — principal deputy DNI — by Joe Biden.
Trump to Suspend Clearances of 51 Intel Officials
TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew was seated next to Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump’s nominee to be the director of national intelligence, at the Capitol as Trump was sworn-in. The seating at the Capitol Rotunda was tight,
Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence couldn’t clearly say what the director of national intelligence actually does, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal. Meeting with Senate Republicans ahead of her confirmation hearings,
President Trump ordered the attorney general to review the work of all law enforcement agencies to determine whether any of their moves over the past four years constituted a “weaponization” of the federal government.
Rubio, the Republican senator from Florida, is among the least controversial of Trump’s nominees and vote was decisive, 99-0.
Hours after Trump was sworn in as president, senators confirmed his first Cabinet pick and advanced the nominations of several others through committee.
A longtime FBI deputy director who had been expected to replace Director Christopher Wray on an acting basis is retiring from the bureau.
On January 21, 2017, the day after his inauguration, U.S. President Donald Trump visited Central Intelligence Agency Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. It was one of his first official actions as president and an opportunity to reset relations with the intelligence community.
Donald Trump has named the acting heads of national-security agencies—all career federal executives—to serve until Senate-confirmed nominees are in place, according to a White House press release issued soon after the inauguration on Monday.
The DNI must preserve the intelligence community’s independence and ensure its insights are valued, even under immense political pressure.
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a remarkably unqualified person, Tulsi Gabbard, to be the director of National Intelligence. The Senate should reject her nomination, but also strengthen oversight of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence by conducting,