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NBC News reports: A top Republican senator is proposing a sweeping overhaul of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, slashing the workforce of an organization that has expanded since it was created in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.  Under a bill by Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, the Republican chair of the Intelligence Committee, the ODNI’s staff …

Raw Story reports: President Donald Trump proclaimed that his own director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was “wrong” about Iran in an exchange with reporters on a New Jersey tarmac on Friday after it was pointed out to him that she had said the intelligence community currently has no evidence Iran possesses or is building a nuclear weapon. Less than …

Media Matters has the transcript: Guess what? Original MAGA understands the threat of Islam. We’re not trying to play footsie with genocidal Muslims, OK? Donald Trump campaigned on a message that Islam hates us. In fact, we have his interview with Tucker — with Anderson Cooper from 2015 where Donald Trump said that Islam hates us. Maybe, maybe if you’re …

Mediaite reports: The White House deceptively edited a video of U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s March testimony on Wednesday to make it look like she was warning that Iran was close to developing nuclear weapons. While the clip made it look like Gabbard was warning that Iran was close to developing nuclear weapons, it was edited to exclude …

Politico reports: As President Donald Trump privately mulled joining Israel’s campaign against Iran this month, one member of his Cabinet sent what he viewed as an audacious attempt to steer him in the opposite direction. At 5:30 a.m. on June 10, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard tweeted a cryptic, three-minute video warning that “political elite and warmongers” are “carelessly …

The Hill reports: Tulsi Gabbard testified before Congress in March that while Iran had an “unprecedented” stockpile of weapons-grade uranium, the country did not appear to be building a nuclear weapon. “I don’t care what she said. I think they were very close to having one,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One in the wee hours of Tuesday morning …

Mediaite reports: Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard issued a searing rebuke of “political elites” and “warmongers” she claimed were bringing the world “closer to the brink of nuclear annihilation than ever” by “fomenting” tensions between nations while shielding themselves in bunkers. The DNI said that she had “recently” visited Hiroshima, marking 80 years since the U.S. dropped an …

The Daily Beast reports: Director of National Security Tulsi Gabbard wants to turn President Donald Trump’s daily intel briefings into Fox News-type broadcasts because he “doesn’t read.” Gabbard is hoping to add animations and more dynamic multimedia elements to Trump’s President’s Daily Briefs, or PDBs, to fit his viewing habits and hold his attention. Gabbard also reportedly consulted with current …

Salon reports: Tulsi Gabbard’s latest foray in generating red meat to stoke the paranoia of Trump supporters isn’t just dishonest, but downright dangerous. Late last week, without the mainstream media noticing, Gabbard started pushing the flat-out lie that President Joe Biden was labeling Americans as “terrorists” because they opposed COVID-19 mitigation measures like masks and vaccines. Biden did no such …

“When we have two assassination attempts on the president’s life, when we have people who look to guys like Comey, [who have] been celebrated by MSNBC and the Democrat elite and CNN as the beacon of integrity, the law and order guy, the guy who would tell the truth no matter what the consequences, this is the guy who’s issuing …

CNN reports: As Tulsi Gabbard completed her transformation from a Hawaii Democratic politician to a MAGA surrogate last year, she put down stakes in a far redder state. Gabbard and her husband bought a home outside of Austin and declared under oath last June that they were “resident(s) of the State of Texas.” But a few months later, Gabbard voted …

German outlet Der Spiegel reports: Private contact details of the most important security advisers to U.S. President Donald Trump can be found on the internet. DER SPIEGEL reporters were able to find mobile phone numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to the top officials. Those affected by the leaks include National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Director of National …

CBS News reports: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe will return to Capitol Hill to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday as they face blistering criticism over a group chat in which top Trump officials discussed sensitive plans to strike targets in Yemen. Gabbard and Ratcliffe are set to appear alongside FBI Director …

NBC News reports: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard dodged a question from Warner about whether she was the user, reported as “TG,” in the Signal chat with Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg in which senior Trump administration shared military plans. “Senator, I don’t want to get into this,” Gabbard said, who repeated the same response after Warner kept pressing her. …

First, this from a November 2024 report: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., is facing backlash online for claiming that Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Trump’s pick for Director of National Intelligence (DNI), is “likely a Russian asset.” During the Friday interview, Wasserman Schultz attacked Gabbard for secretly meeting with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, in 2017 who was accused of using chemical weapons …

The Washington Post reports: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Friday that the Trump administration will aggressively investigate people in U.S. spy agencies who leak information to the public, citing recent stories on national security topics in The Washington Post and other news outlets. Gabbard, who coordinates the work of 18 U.S. intelligence agencies, said in a statement that …

“Per @POTUS directive, I have revoked security clearances and barred access to classified information for Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Lisa Monaco, Mark Zaid, Norman Eisen, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg, and Andrew Weissman, along with the 51 signers of the Hunter Biden ‘disinformation’ letter. The President’s Daily Brief is no longer being provided to former President Biden.” – Tulsi Gabbard, posting …

“So many people across the country celebrating the strong leadership that President Trump and Vice President Vance demonstrated in the Oval Office. “Something we have not seen over the last four years of the Biden administration, where we finally have a president who’s going to stand up strongly and fiercely and unwaveringly for the cause of peace and freedom for …

The Washington Post reports: The Senate is scheduled to vote Wednesday on whether to confirm former Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence. Gabbard faced tough questions from both parties during a tense confirmation hearing last month. The Senate also plans to take a procedural vote on whether to advance the nomination of Robert F. …

NBC News reports: The GOP-controlled Senate on Monday voted to advance the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to be President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, putting her on a path to be confirmed this week. The party-line vote was 52-46, with all Republicans present voting in favor of Gabbard. Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and John Fetterman, D-Pa., did not vote. …