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Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

Jay Clayton appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 Currently serving as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Clayton’s hearing comes days after his department signed off on controversial subpoenas against New York Times reporters. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)

Dems press DNI nominee Jay Clayton on election security questions, but leave dismayed

Clayton maintained he was not an “election denier” but wouldn’t directly answer a number of questions about the 2020 race, his predecessor’s appearance at a January election…
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testifies during a House Select Intelligence Committee hearing on March 19, 2026 . The hearing was held to assess worldwide threats in 2026. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

ODNI tackles AI, threat hunting, app cybersecurity in year-one tech review

It’s the first significant cybersecurity-related announcement under Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
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An Apple logo is reflected on glass at the Apple Store at Orchard Road on September 24, 2021 in Singapore. (Photo by Feline Lim/Getty Images)

UK abandons Apple backdoor demand after US diplomatic pressure

The United Kingdom has withdrawn its demand that Apple create a backdoor to its encrypted cloud systems following months of diplomatic pressure from the United States, according…
Members of the Peoples Liberation Army band leave after the closing session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, or CPPCC, at the Great Hall of the People on March 10, 2025 in Beijing. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

China accuses US of exploiting Microsoft zero-day in cyberattack

The accusation, the latest from Beijing, says U.S. intelligence agencies attacked two Chinese military enterprises.
Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe, accompanied by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, speaks during a Senate Committee on Intelligence hearing Tuesday. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Senators criticize Trump officials’ discussion of war plans over Signal, but administration answers don’t come easily 

An Intelligence Committee hearing focused on the security risks of a cabinet-level group chat that included a reporter from The Atlantic.
Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, arrives to testify during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Gabbard, a former Congresswoman from Hawaii who previously ran for president as a Democrat before joining the Republican Party and supporting President Trump, is facing criticism from Senators over her lack of intelligence experience and her opinions on domestic surveillance powers. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Tulsi Gabbard tussles with senators over Snowden, surveillance 

President Trump’s nominee to lead ODNI substantially revised her previous positions on the former NSA contractor and Section 702 spying authorities.
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