President Trump on Tuesday named Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as acting director of national intelligence, replacing Tulsi Gabbard after she announced she would leave the post in late May citing her husband’s cancer diagnosis. Trump said Pulte would keep his FHFA post and chairmanships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac while overseeing the U.S. intelligence community. Pulte, 38, has a background in housing finance and homebuilding and no reported national security o...

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