Trump picks new acting national intelligence director
August 9, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday named Joseph Maguire, the nation's top counterterrorism official, as acting national intelligence director, part of a leadership shake-up at the agency that oversees 17 U...
Analysis: Trump’s political and policy guardrails fall away
July 30, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — An unrepentant President Donald Trump has been testing the limits of the nation's tolerance from the day he took office...
Trump says Coats is out as national intelligence director
July 29, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Dan Coats, director of national intelligence, is resigning after a turbulent two years in which he and President Donald Trump were often at odds over Russian interference in the 2016 election...
Trump officials warn of ‘active threats’ to US elections
July 10, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration warned of unspecified "active threats" to U.S. elections as top security officials briefed Congress Wednesday on steps the government has taken to improve election security in the wake of Russian interference in 2016...
The Latest: Warnings about Trump actions on Russia probe
May 25, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Trump and the Russia investigation (all times local):
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Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats says the nation's spy agencies will provide the Justice Department all appropriate information for its review of intelligence activities related to Russian interference in the 2016 election.
AP source: Barr working with intel chiefs on Russia review
May 14, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr is stepping up the probe into the origins of the Russia investigation, naming a U...
Trump to meet North Korean leader Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam
February 6, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will hold a two-day summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un Feb...
Pompeo says team heading to Asia for 2nd Trump-Kim summit
January 31, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he is sending a team "someplace in Asia" to set up a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by the end of February...
Trump disputes intel chiefs on North Korea, Iran
January 30, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out at his intelligence chiefs on Wednesday after they told Congress that North Korea is unlikely to dismantle its nuclear arsenal and that the Iran nuclear deal is working...
US intel heads list North Korea, not border, as threat to US
January 30, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Directly contradicting President Donald Trump, U.S. intelligence agencies told Congress on Tuesday that North Korea is unlikely to dismantle its nuclear arsenal, that the Islamic State group remains a threat and that the Iran nuclear deal is working...
White House previews election security efforts against Russia, others
August 2, 2018 GMTThe White House gave a presentation by top government national security officials detailing how President Trump has directed them to confront meddling by Russia and others in the midterm elections.
Top intel official says he meant no disrespect to Trump
July 22, 2018 GMTBRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — The top U.S. intelligence official said Saturday he meant no disrespect to President Donald Trump in a televised interview discussing the summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin...
Even US intel chief in the dark about Trump-Putin talks
July 20, 2018 GMTASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Even Donald Trump's intelligence chief doesn't know what was said in the president's one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week in Helsinki...
US intel chief stands by assessment of Russian meddling
July 16, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. intelligence official on Monday stood by what he called "clear" assessments of Russian meddling in the 2016 election after President Donald Trump cast doubt on that conclusion following a summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin...
Coats repeats assessment that Russians meddled in 2016 election
July 16, 2018 GMTDirector of National Intelligence Dan Coats reiterated Monday that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election, hours after President Trump refused to back him up in that assessment.
"The role of the intelligence community is to provide the best information and fact-based assessments possible for the president and policymakers," Mr.
US greets talk of NK nuke concessions with hope, skepticism
March 7, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump greeted North Korea's reported willingness to negotiate away its atomic weapons with both hope and skepticism Tuesday, insisting a potential diplomatic breakthrough be tested against the North's long history of deception and threats to target U...
US intel sees signs of Russian meddling in midterms
February 13, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Three of the nation's top intelligence officials confirmed Tuesday that they have seen evidence of Russian meddling in the upcoming midterm elections — part of what they say is Moscow's escalating cyber assault on American and European democracies...
Reports say Mueller probe now examining possible obstruction
June 15, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel appointed to investigate Russian influence in the 2016 presidential campaign is now examining whether President Donald Trump tried to obstruct justice, The Washington Post reported Wednesday evening...
US intelligence chiefs decline to discuss Trump contacts
June 8, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers verbally sparred with top intelligence chiefs on Wednesday after they staunchly refused to answer questions about conversations they had with President Donald Trump regarding probes into Russian activities during the election.
The Latest: Intelligence chiefs unsure what can say publicly
June 7, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Senate hearing on national security (all times local):
Trump’s pick for intelligence chief spent years lobbying
January 7, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Former Sen. Dan Coats, in line to be national intelligence director, has swung back and forth between government service and lobbying, the type of Washington career that President-elect Donald Trump has mocked...
Lawmakers on Hill face change
January 1, 2017 GMTFederal lawmakers who represent or will represent northeast Indiana introduced several bills in the last half of 2016. But their legislation expired with the adjournment of the 114th two-year session of Congress in December.
Lawmakers on Hill face change
December 31, 2016 GMTFederal lawmakers who represent or will represent northeast Indiana introduced several bills in the last half of 2016. But their legislation expired with the adjournment of the 114th two-year session of Congress in December.
House ethics to continue probe of Indiana lawmaker
November 29, 2016 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics panel is continuing an official investigation into Indiana Republican Rep...