Republicans and Democrats have lobbied President Donald Trump to immediately name a permanent director of national intelligence to make it easier to renew a key surveillance authority

President Donald Trump on Wednesday pushed back against bipartisan criticism of his choice of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence.

Pressure is growing on President Trump to back down from his controversial move to appoint Bill Pulte to lead the intelligence community in order to safeguard another priority— renewing America’s

House Republicans on Thursday will move forward on what's expected to be a futile effort to extend a key spy authority until early July, after President Trump's pick for director of national intelligence rattled lawmakers.

Senate Democrats appeared ready to reject President Donald Trump’s request for a short-term extension of a key surveillance authority Wednesday, arguing the president’s promise to eventually find a permanent intelligence head wasn’t good enough.

Senate Republican Leader John Thune urged President Donald Trump to nominate a permanent national intelligence director to expedite congressional renewal of US spy agencies’ broad electronic surveillance authority.

It feels odd that President Donald Trump tapped a housing expert to oversee the American intelligence community.

Congress spent another day stalled on the renewal of a key surveillance authority Tuesday, as President Donald Trump declined to help clear a legislative path and instead dug in on his temporary choice in Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence.