Bill Pulte in Washington on Feb. 27, 2025. Annabelle Gordon/Reuters
Senate Democrats are pushing back on renewing a key surveillance law due to expire on June 12, after President Donald Trump named a housing official to lead the nation’s intelligence agencies.
Trump’s choice on Tuesday of Bill Pulte, who heads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as acting director of national intelligence, drew objections from most Democrats and some Republicans, who said he lacks the national security experience for the role.
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