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

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.

The key government surveillance powers are set to expire on Friday — but Trump’s pick for acting director of national intelligence has stalled talks on Capitol Hill.

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

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.

President Donald Trump is already looking to replace his ultra-loyalist spy chief. Two Republicans tell Politico that less than a week after Bill Pulte was named acting director of national intelligence,