Firings come less than a week after US president appointed Bill Pulte as acting director after Tulsi Gabbard left the postSeveral staff members have reportedly been fired from the US office of the director of national intelligence (DNI), multiple outlets have reported. These firings come less than a week after Donald Trump appointed Bill Pulte as the acting director after former director Tulsi Gabbard left the post in late May.According to CNN, who was first to report the firings on Monday, political appointees with ties to Gabbard were among those purged. ABC News reported that cuts to the National Terrorism Center were expected to be particularly large. Continue reading...
Acting DNI Bill Pulte has fired over 50 career Deep State intel officials so far.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is minimizing the significance of New York's congressional primaries, telling reporters the ideological direction of his party won't rest on a few House seats.Why it matters: It is all part of a careful balancing act in which Jeffries is trying to stop a democratic socialist takeover while avoiding open conflict with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani."I don't think we're on opposite pages. You can ask him whether he thinks we're on opposite pages. He doesn't believe we're on opposite pages," Jeffries said Tuesday when asked about his dueling endorsements with Mamdani.He added: "A handful of primaries that go in one direction or the other in a given state or two aren't going to reshape who we are as House Democrats."Driving the news: Jeffries and Mamdani are on opposite ends of two House primaries set to come to a head Tuesday night.NY-10: Mamdani is behind progressive former NYC comptroller Brad Lander in his primary challenge to Jeffries-backed Rep. Dan Goldman.NY-13: Mamdani has endorsed Darializa Avila Chevalier, a left-wing challenger to Congressional Hispanic Caucus chair Adriano Espaillat, also supported by Jeffries.What they're saying: Jeffries pointed reporters to his policy of supporting his incumbents for reelection in all but the most extraordinary circumstances."There are multiple races that I've gotten involved in, supporting House Democratic incumbents, which is what I have done and will continue to do," he said.He added of Mamdani: "We have agreed to strongly disagree, and we put it in the hands of the people of New York to decide what's the best path forward."The intrigue: Jeffries gave a wink to Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso in his fight with Mamdani-backed State Assembly member Claire Valdez despite not endorsing in that race.Democratic leadership hasn't intervened "by custom," he said, but "a coalition of very progressive Democrats ... and many of the unions that we've worked closely with are on one side of that race, with DSA on the other."He added that the 7th district is "the most gentrified district in the nation, by far," a nod to the establishment criticism that democratic socialists are strongest among wealthy, well-educated transplants.
New Yorkers are at the polls Tuesday to vote in a series of House elections. There are handful of open seats up for grabs this cycle, including the 7th, 12th and 21st Congressional Districts. Democratic Reps. Nydia Velázquez and Jerry Nadler as well as Republican Reps. Elise Stefanik’s (R) exits from Capitol Hill set up…
President Trump announced Tuesday that federal authorities have now made six arrests in connection with the vandalism and damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, revealing new details about a deliberate act of destruction targeting one of the nation's most iconic landmarks ahead of America's 250th anniversary celebration.
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New York's congressional primaries on Tuesday will be a key test of strength for the left-wing movement challenging the Democratic Party's establishment.Why it matters: Several of these races pit the interests of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) against those of democratic socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.Mamdani, one of the left's most prominent figures both in New York and nationwide, is backing three left-wing insurgents vying for NYC-based House seats.Two of those insurgents are running against incumbent Democrats — and Jeffries almost always supports his incumbents.State of play: In the state's 10th district, Jeffries is supporting Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) while Mamdani is backing NYC comptroller Brad Lander.In the 13th district, Jeffries-backed Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) faces a spirited challenge from Mamdani-endorsed democratic socialist Darializa Avila-Chevalier.Mamdani is also supporting democratic socialist State Assembly member Claire Valdez in the 7th district over Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, though Jeffries hasn't endorsed in that race.Zoom in: Lander, who famously cross-endorsed with Mamdani in last year's NYC mayoral race, is seen as an extremely formidable foe to Goldman and polls have generally shown him with a large lead.In NY-13, outside groups are spending heavily in support of both Espaillat and Avila Chevalier, though Espaillat's allies have a clear financial edge.Mamdani has cut multiple ads supporting Lander, Avila Chevalier and Valdez and campaigned heavily for all three.Yes, but: Mamdani has avoided more direct confrontations with Jeffries, most notably opposing City Councilman Chi Ossé's aborted attempt to primary the Democratic House leader.These also aren't perfectly clear-cut battles of left vs. center: Goldman and Espaillat are both members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, but have come under fire from the left in part for their support of Israel.Things get even more complicated in NY-7, where Reynoso is backed by retiring progressive Rep. Nydia Velázquez and the Working Families Party, which also supports Lander.Zoom out: The other big contest in New York on Tuesday is the 12th district, where several major Democratic candidates are duking it out to succeed Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.).The race includes high-profile figures such as Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, and prominent anti-Trump figure George Conway.But the two frontrunners are Assembly member Micah Lasher, who is backed by Nadler and former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg, and Assembly member Alex Bores.The race has attracted tons of outside spending for and against Bores, an architect of New York's AI regulations, with OpenAI-connected super PAC Think Big spending nearly $8 million to oppose him and Anthropic-affiliated Jobs and Democracy PAC spending $9 million to defend him.
The Hill presents one-and-a-half hours of live, real-time primary night coverage, diving deep into the 2026 primaries in Maryland, New York and Utah on Tuesday from 8:30-10 p.m. EDT. The Hill’s coverage will be anchored by Sunrise on The Hill’s Cory Smith, joined by Rising’s Robby Soave, The Hill’s campaign and congressional reporters, Decision Desk…
