WASHINGTON (TNND) — Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be director of national intelligence, rejected claims by Senate Democrats on Thursday that the president would ask her to violate the law.

Ms. Gabbard, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, was briefly subject to special scrutiny on airline flights last year, but not, officials say, for the partisan reasons she has alleged.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel are expected to be grilled by senators during their confirmation hearings.

Gabbard had her confirmation hearing on Thursday as senators questioned her on her alliances and controversies.

Robert F Kennedy Jr has returned to Capitol Hill as a raft of Donald Trump’s controversial picks prepare to face Senate confirmation hearings. The 71-year-old will face the Senate Health, Education, Labor,

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It’s Gabbard’s comments, however, that have posed the biggest challenge to her confirmation. Gabbard has repeatedly echoed Russian propaganda used to justify the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine and criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a corrupt autocrat.

Former Representative Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump's nominee for National Intelligence Director, answered questions during a contentious hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday.

Trump announced Stephen Miller as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, plus the additional role of homeland security adviser. Miller was a senior adviser to Trump during his first administration and one of the architects of some of his most controversial immigration policies, including his family separation program.

Democrats harshly criticized President Donald Trump for a news conference Thursday in which he said that his predecessors and diversity were to blame for Wednesday night’s fatal collision of an Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport.

Senate Republicans are wary of Tulsi Gabbard, putting her confirmation as ... it would also cost three times more than America’s entire military budget for 2025. Defending America’s police ...