Trump names Bill Pulte acting US intelligence chief after Tulsi Gabbard exit

US President Donald Trump has named Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte as acting Director of National Intelligence, putting a housing-finance official in charge of the US intelligence community on an interim basis. The move was announced on Tuesday and affects the office that oversees 18 government intelligence agencies. It comes as Tulsi Gabbard's tenure in the post is ending later in June.