Trump names counterterrorism chief as acting director of national intelligence
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Joseph Maguire, the current chief of the National Counterterrorism Center, will become the acting director of national intelligence.
State Department suspends employee with white nationalist links
The U.S. State Department has suspended a foreign affairs official assigned to its energy bureau, a department source said on Thursday, a day after his links to a white nationalist group were revealed.
Biden seeks to keep edge as 2020 Democrats flood Iowa
Former Vice President Joe Biden said he was not taking his front-runner status for granted as he returned to Iowa on Thursday, ahead of a wave of rival Democratic presidential contenders who will in coming days visit the state that starts the party’s n…
U.S. official key to effort to roll back fuel economy rules to leave: source
The top official of the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, who has been key to President Donald Trump’s effort to roll back Obama-era fuel economy rules for vehicles, is expected to leave her position, a person briefed on the matter s…
Trump names counterterrorism chief as acting director of national intelligence
President Donald Trump on Thursday named Joseph Maguire, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, as the acting director of national intelligence.
Trump says No. 2 official at intelligence agency resigning
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the deputy director of U.S. national intelligence, Sue Gordon, is resigning her position, leaving a vacuum at the agency that oversees civilian and military intelligence.
McConnell rejects mayors’ demand for Senate action on gun bills, after shootings
Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday rejected a plea from more than 200 mayors to call the Senate back early to consider new gun legislation, following two weekend mass shootings that left 31 people dead.
Former top FBI official McCabe sues agency over firing
Former top FBI official Andrew McCabe, who was dismissed from the agency following a tumultuous relationship with President Donald Trump, filed a lawsuit on Thursday alleging the termination violated his constitutional rights to free speech and due pr…
NRA criticizes presidential candidates after mass shootings
The National Rifle Association accused U.S. presidential candidates on Thursday of trying to politicize the deadly mass shootings in Ohio and Texas, warning against enhanced background checks for gun buyers a day after Republican President Donald Trump…
House Speaker Pelosi in Central America as Trump seeks asylum deals
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a congressional delegation to Central America on Thursday as the Trump administration presses the region to stop U.S.-bound asylum seekers before they reach the U.S. border.
