Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman and Army reservist, has been nominated by President-elect Trump as Director of National Intelligence. Once a Bernie Sanders ally, she left the Democratic Party in 2022 and endorsed Trump in 2024. Gabbard’s anti-interventionist stance has drawn bipartisan criticism for echoing Russian narratives and meeting with Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. Her controversial views are likely to make her Senate confirmation contentious. (Source: The Hill)