In all the arguments over whether President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for director of national intelligence is fit for the job, it’s easy to lose sight of why it matters. It matters a lot.

The legislation would cut several ODNI organizations including the National Counterintelligence and Security Center and the ...

The director of national intelligence must preserve the intelligence community’s independence and ensure its insights are valued, even under immense political pressure.

Tulsi Gabbard’s tenure as director of national intelligence in the Trump administration may be facing a potential shake-up.

Tulsi Gabbard arrives to testify at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on her nomination to be US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Jan. 30, 2025.

President Trump speaks before Tulsi Gabbard is sworn in as director of national intelligence in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 12, 2025. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images ...

Cotton in his past remarks said he hoped that Gabbard’s tenure would return the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to its core mission of doing “real intelligence work,” cut ...

WASHINGTON − President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday picked former congresswoman and Army veteran Tulsi Gabbard as his nominee for director of national intelligence, a cabinet-level post. "I ...

KELLY: Your job, director of national intelligence, this building we're sitting in - the whole structure was, of course, created after 9/11 in response to 9/11, in response to international terrorism.

Clapper has nearly two months left in his term; he was sworn in as director of national intelligence in August 2010. "Everybody needs to take a deep breath," a DNI spokesperson tells NPR.

President-elect Joe Biden announced Avril D. Haines as his pick for director of national intelligence on Nov. 24. (Video: The Washington Post) ...

Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence, testifies at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill Jan. 30, 2025 ...