'I never heard his name': Rubio blindsided by Trump's national security pick (opens in new tab)

blindsided” by President Donald Trump's announcement that current Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte will double in the role of acting Director of National Intelligence, an appointment that has drawn harsh criticism. But lawmakers in Congress weren’t the only ones from Trump’s camp to be surprised by the move, as on Wednesday morning, Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed that he’d never even heard of Pulte, who would be leading the country’s intelligence efforts amid...