Trump Faces Pushback for Tapping Housing Official as Intel Chief

President Donald Trump is facing bipartisan backlash after elevating a fierce loyalist to the country’s top intelligence position, replacing Tulsi Gabbard. Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency will now also serve as acting Director of National Intelligence, overseeing the country’s spy agencies including the CIA. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports for TODAY.

Trump suggests he will make Todd Blanche ​permanent US attorney general

US president says ‘I think he will’ when asked if the acting attorney general would take on a permanent role ⁠Donald ​Trump said ‌he believed ‌he ⁠would make ⁠acting attorney general ​Todd Blanche ​permanent as the ⁠top US ⁠law ⁠enforcement officer. Asked in ​an interview ​broadcast ⁠Wednesday on Pod ⁠Force One if Blanche would be … Read more

Americans should be reassured by high prices, apparently. Does Trump’s team really think we’re that stupid | Arwa Mahdawi

According to chief economic adviser Kevin Hassett, living in the world’s richest superpower and witnessing food, electricity and housing become luxury items is a good thing God, I love paying high prices at the supermarket, don’t you? I walk outside with a bag of basics that cost approximately 500% more than they did a few … Read more

UK media websites given power to block Google using their articles in AI search

Watchdog makes ruling on search summaries after publishers complain about drop in click-through traffic and revenue Business live – latest updates Online publishers and news organisations are now able to block their content appearing in Google’s AI summaries in UK search results, the British competition watchdog has announced. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said … Read more