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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. …

The Hill reports: The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday advanced Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to become the next director of national intelligence (DNI), putting her in position to get confirmed by the full chamber after key senators threw their support behind her. The 9-8 vote was along party lines. It puts Gabbard only days away from being considered on the Senate …

“After extensive consideration of her nomination, I will support Tulsi Gabbard to be the Director of National Intelligence. As one of the principal authors of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 that established this coordinating position, I understand the critical role the DNI plays in the Intelligence Community. “The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, however, …

Mediaite reports: Elon Musk is going after a Republican Senator who could potentially end Tulsi Gabbard’s bid to be Director of National Intelligence. In a post to X on Sunday, Musk raged at Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) — who grilled Gabbard on Thursday during her Senate confirmation hearing after she refused to call Edward Snowden a traitor. “Todd Young is …

The Hill reports: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) signaled Thursday that former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination for director of national intelligence could be in jeopardy after her past defense of alleged traitors, adding to the list of skeptics. “I’m worried by what I hear from some of my Republican colleagues. I’m worried that her nomination may be in jeopardy,” Hawley …

The Washington Post reports: Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, goes before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday for what’s expected to be a contentious session focusing on her views on major foreign policy challenges, controversial statements on Russia and Syria, and her position on the delicate balance between government surveillance and civil liberties. The …

The New York Times reports: Starting last summer, former Representative Tulsi Gabbard publicly berated the Biden administration, claiming that she was placed on what she called “a domestic terror watch list” as punishment for critical comments she had made about Vice President Kamala Harris. The reality was more complicated. The additional security measures were triggered by an event she attended …

Axios reports: Former Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) conspicuous silence is starting to spook Tulsi Gabbard’s team. Voting against Gabbard would resume hostilities between McConnell and Trump. It could have implications for big policy questions down the line, from funding Ukraine to raising tariffs. Two key GOP swing votes sit on the Intel committee: Sens. Susan Collins (R-Me.), a …

The Daily Beast reports: Tulsi Gabbard’s spiritual “guru” called gay people “perverts” and spewed homophobic slurs when she was involved in his tiny group, an audio recording obtained by the Daily Beast reveals. The tape shows how Chris Butler—the leader of the Science of Identity Foundation in which Gabbard was brought up—called homosexuality “abnormal,” “unhealthy and unnatural.” He compared it …

Salon reports: Trump tapped Gabbard to serve as the Director of National Intelligence in his second term. In a new report from the Wall Street Journal, however, several insiders claimed Gabbard demonstrated little understanding of what the DNI actually does. She flubbed at least one interview with Republican senators ahead of her confirmation hearing. While meeting with Sen. James Lankford, …

Politico reports: A former head of the FBI and CIA is raising objections over whether Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s picks to be directors of the FBI and national intelligence, respectively, are qualified to serve in the Cabinet. In a letter to senators on Thursday, William Webster, the only person to lead both the FBI and CIA, wrote that …

“She served in the U.S. military for 20 years. So, by the way, if she was a foreign agent, how exactly was she carrying a gun in the U.S. military? It’s absurd. You will know who’s on which side by the reaction of Tulsi Gabbard. “If there are Republican senators who are voting against Tulsi Gabbard confirmation, then either in …

Playbook reports: The shocking collapse this weekend of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has reinvigorated scrutiny about Gabbard’s past sympathies for the brutal dictator. Her 2017 visit to Damascus to meet with Assad — years after he gassed his own people — and her comments defending his rule have long exemplified the former Democratic congresswoman’s unconventional foreign policy views. Now …

Axios reports: Nearly 100 former national security officials signed a letter to Senate leaders raising concerns about President-elect Trump’s nomination of former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to serve as director of national intelligence. Her most infamous controversy is a 2017 trip to Syria, when she met Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad. She subsequently declared that Assad — the Russia-and Iran-backed leader accused …