Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday identified Russia, China, North Korea and Pakistan as the most significant nuclear threats facing the United States, in what appeared to be mounting concerns within Washington over strategic deterrence and evolving global security risks. “Russia, China, North Korea, Pakistan pose biggest nuclear threats to US,” said Gabbard, United States Director of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee asked the Trump administration on Monday about its reasons for revoking the security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials. In a letter to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, the lawmakers asked for the specific reasons for each revocations, and whether standard…
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is slashing her office’s staff by around 40% — the latest major Trump-era change slated for the intelligence agency. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI, is planning on cutting its headcount to around 1,300 employees, down from approximately 2,000 in February and 1,500 as of…
LONDON: Britain abandoned its demand that Apple provide so-called backdoor access to any encrypted user data stored in the cloud, US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Monday. Gabbard indicated London and Washington had resolved their high-stakes dispute over electronic privacy, writing on X that she and President Donald Trump and Vice President JD…
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Monday that the U.K. had agreed to drop its mandate for iPhone-maker Apple to provide a “backdoor” that would have enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens. Gabbard issued the statement on X, saying she had worked for months with the U.K., together with…
Updated on: Aug 19, 2025 02:12 pm IST The decision follows concerns from US lawmakers about potential exploitation by cybercriminals and authoritarian governments. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Monday the UK had agreed to drop its mandate for iPhone maker Apple to provide a “back door” that would have enabled access…
Senator Ron Wyden has formally requested Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, to initiate an investigation into the UK’s alleged digital spying practices, raising alarms that British surveillance laws may be compromising the private data of millions of Americans. In a letter, Wyden suggested that Google, alongside Apple, may have been secretly pressured to allow…
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins sparred with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt about the latter’s latest info dump, asking whether it was a play to get back in Trump’s good graces. Collins fired off her questions in the White House press room days after Gabbard accused former president Barack…
The release of more than 100 pages of declassified files and a memorandum by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has reignited political battles over Russia’s actions during the 2016 presidential election, a topic that has long incensed President Trump and put the actions of the U.S. intelligence community in partisan crosshairs. Gabbard’s office on…
The Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence arm plans to cut nearly three-quarters of its full-time employees, shaving its Office of Intelligence & Analysis down from about 1,000 staff to just 275, according to four sources briefed on the matter. The exact timing of the cuts remains unclear; sources tell CBS News the staff reductions have…