Jay Clayton to take charge as US Director of National Intelligence after Bill Pulte

Bill Pulte's two-month tenure as acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) will end on Monday, with Jay Clayton set to assume office as the new US Director of National Intelligence after securing Senate confirmation earlier this week. In a social media post on Saturday, Pulte said he had spoken about the transition with President Donald Trump and Clayton. Trump selected Pulte as the interim director following the resignation of former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, though the move drew criticism from Republican lawmakers, who maintained that the Federal Housing Finance Agency chief lacked the necessary national securit…