The president has tapped Bill Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence.
Trump appoints Bill Pulte, housing regulator, as acting intelligence director. Pulte keeps FHFA role overseeing $10 trillion Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac assets while now handling classified information—unusual concentration of dual power.
Trump Names Housing Official As Acting Director Of National Intelligence
That is, everyone except Donald Trump.
Democrats are criticizing President Donald Trump's selection of federal housing finance Director Bill Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence, saying Pulte lacks necessary national security experience.
Bill Pulte has shown a willingness to go after the president's perceived enemies.
Trump appoints Bill Pulte—housing agency chief with zero intelligence background—as acting DNI while keeping his $10T portfolio. Intelligence governance now prioritizes loyalty over expertise, reshaping oversight of federal tech contracts and intelligence partnerships with allied nations.
The close ally with no known intelligence experience will oversee 18 US agencies while keeping his current role regulating mortgage market.
President Trump on Tuesday announced he's tapping housing official Bill Pulte to serve as the acting director of national intelligence to replace Tulsi Gabbard.
Trump has named Bill Pulte has acting director of national intelligence.
Democrats are criticizing President Donald Trump's selection of federal housing finance Director Bill Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence, saying Pulte lacks…
Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte walks outside the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington.Mark Schiefelbein | APPresident Donald Trump on…
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would appoint Bill Pulte to be the director of national intelligence.
President Donald Trump has tapped federal housing finance Director Bill Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence to replace Tulsi Gabbard
"William has deep experience managing the most sensitive matters in America, the safety and soundness of the Markets, and over 10 Trillion Dollars at Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac..."
President Donald Trump on Tuesday named housing official Bill Pulte, who has played a leading role in stoking the president’s retribution campaign, as acting director of national…
President Donald Trump has tapped federal housing finance Director Bill Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence to replace Tulsi Gabbard.Trump
Tulsi Gabbard is set to leave her post on June 30.
Pulte’s current role involves ensuring the soundness of the mortgage market, but he morphed into a megaphone who went after the Republican president’s perceived political foes.
President Trump named Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as his new acting director of national intelligence.
He will retain his current positions while serving in the intelligence role
Pulte, a top housing official who has pursued investigations into the president’s perceived foes, will take over for Gabbard, who plans to resign from her role at the end of June.