Trump Faces the Biggest Test Yet of His Second-Term Political Power

If President Trump gets his domestic policy bill over the finish line, it will be a vivid demonstration of his continuing hold over the Republican Party. Read More

Trump’s latest rejection of intelligence assessments reflects a long distrust of spy agencies

A leaked intelligence memo contradicting President Donald Trump's assessment of recent U.S. strikes on Iran is just the latest conflict with a part of the federal government that Trump has viewed with ... Read More

America needs an honest reckoning over its spy agencies

T he question of how far America has set back Iran’s nuclear programme clearly matters. That can be far less certain of any of the answers America is coming up with. While the strikes on Iran showed ... Read More

Second Trump Term Likely to Bring New Friction With Spy Agencies - MSN

Trump intends to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs at spy agencies, and declassify more material about topics such as the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, a person familiar with his ... Read More

Trump has promised to overhaul U.S. intelligence, setting up collision course with spy agencies | PBS News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has long viewed the nation’s spy services with suspicion, accusing them of trying to undermine his first term and campaigns. Now that he’s returning to the ... Read More

Second Trump Term Likely to Bring New Friction With Spy Agencies - WSJ - The Wall Street Journal

Second Trump Term Likely to Bring New Friction With Spy Agencies Republican presidential nominee’s campaign says he has vowed to rein in agencies ... Read More

Trump fires top boss at NSA, nation's elite spy agency

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration ousted the director of the National Security Agency Thursday night, according to top congressional Democrats who decried the firing as making the U.S. less ... Read More

John Ratcliffe, Trump’s CIA pick, pledges not to politicize spy agency

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the Central Intelligence Agency pledged Wednesday that he would not impose political litmus tests or skew intelligence at the spy agency, rejecting ... Read More

Trump might be a strongman — but he still can’t do everything he wants | CNN Politics

While Trump intimidates many of his domestic opponents, there’s no shortage of hostile foreign leaders willing to deploy their own great power to test him. His most serious rival for the title ... Read More

Trump’s following his campaign promises, but they’re threatening the rule of law | CNN Politics

Every day, Donald Trump shatters previous understandings of the presidency and America’s role in the world. But in his rush to wield vast power and fulfill campaign promises, the new commander ... Read More

John Ratcliffe, Trump's CIA pick, tells senators the agency is 'not where we’re supposed to be' - The Detroit News

Washington — President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the CIA told senators during his confirmation hearing Wednesday that the nation's premier spy agency must do a better job of staying ... Read More

Iran Is Working to Undercut Trump in Presidential Election, U.S. Spy Agencies Say - WSJ - The Wall Street Journal

Tehran’s preference is rooted in concerns about a Donald Trump presidency fanning tensions with the U.S., according to intelligence officials. Tehran’s preference is rooted in concerns about a ... Read More