{"id":1404,"date":"2026-07-28T21:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T21:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2026-07-28T21:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T21:41:12","slug":"senate-set-to-vote-on-trumps-pick-for-spy-chief-ending-bill-pultes-brief-tenure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=1404","title":{"rendered":"Senate set to vote on Trump&#8217;s pick for spy chief, ending Bill Pulte&#8217;s brief tenure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>The Senate on Tuesday evening is scheduled to vote on Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump&#8217;s pick for director of national intelligence, a role that would grant him access to the nation&#8217;s most sensitive secrets and authority over 18 U.S. intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=1402\">Visa is cutting 7% of employees in efficiency push as AI reshapes work<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clayton, a former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission and current U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, overcame a procedural hurdle on Monday and is expected to be confirmed. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Amid a heightened threat environment, having a proven leader in this role is especially important. Jay Clayton fits this mold,&#8221; Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said from the Senate floor on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Read more CNBC politics coverage<\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>SpaceX stock-purchasing by Congress members fuels conflict concerns<\/li>\n<li>Trump: New tariffs &#8216;doing the same thing&#8217; as the ones struck down by Supreme Court<\/li>\n<li>Analysis: Kevin Warsh has three reasons to hold off on a Fed rate hike this week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>His ascension to the role will end the controversial reign on Bill Pulte, a close Trump ally and director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, who led a series of layoffs of high-ranking intelligence officials during his brief tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=1400\">SpaceX, Blue Origin could get quicker launch approval under FAA move to waive environmental rules<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump announced Clayton as has choice for DNI in June, and he was initially seen as a non-controversial pick. Eager to get Pulte out of the job, lawmakers tried to fast-track Clayton&#8217;s approval. But Trump instructed Clayton not to appear the morning of a scheduled confirmation hearing in June, delaying the process.<\/p>\n<p>Clayton did eventually testify before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence earlier this month, but the hearing turned contentious when he declined to state outright that Joe Biden won the 2020 election and defended the subpoenaing of New York Times journalists for their reporting on a Qatari jet that was gifted to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ has since withdrawn those subpoenas.<\/p>\n<p>Clayton&#8217;s confirmation could also pave the way to a deal on the renewal of a foreign surveillance law, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, that lapsed in June, in part due to Democratic opposition to Pulte&#8217;s interim appointment to the position.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=1398\">Shein says it\u2019s under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission as it prepares for Hong Kong IPO<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate on Tuesday is expected to vote on Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump&#8217;s nominee to become the director of national intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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