

Politics Aug 08

President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that Sue Gordon has announced that she will be leaving her position on Aug. 15. He also said an acting director will be named shortly to replace the current director, Dan Coats.
By Associated Press
Politics Aug 02

In a tweet Friday, President Donald Trump said Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe of Texas had decided to stay in Congress. Questions about Ratcliffe's experience have dogged him since Trump announced his candidacy five days ago.
By Associated Press
Politics Jul 29

President Trump has long had a contentious relationship with the nation’s intelligence community, publicly disagreeing over threats to U.S. national security such as Russia, Iran and North Korea. With Dan Coats stepping down as director of national intelligence, Trump is…
Politics Jul 29

Rep. John Ratcliffe's dearth of relevant experience — a departure from the decades of intelligence and foreign policy bona fides of past position holders — may especially matter at a time when current and former government officials expect Russia to…
By Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Deb Riechmann, Associated Press
Jul 28

By Zeke Miller, Eric Tucker, Deb Reichmann, Associated Press
Dan Coats, director of national intelligence, will leave his job next month, President Trump announced Sunday, after a turbulent two years in which Coats and the president were often at odds over Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Jan 30

By Associated Press
"Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!" Trump tweeted.
The hearing is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. ET today. Watch it here.
Sep 13

By Deb Reichmann, Associated Press
The rising capabilities of the technology are fueling concerns it could be used to make a bogus video, for example, of an American politician accepting a bribe or of a U.S. or an adversarial foreign leader warning of an impending…
Jul 20

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin may have reached several historic agreements at their summit in Finland this week. Or, they may not have. It depends on who you talk to.
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