President Donald Trump has appointed Bill Pulte, a loyalist housing official, as the new head of US intelligence. Pulte, who lacks national security experience, has a history of targeting political opponents.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday appointed Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte as acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI), placing a close ally with little publicly kn...

Pulte, meanwhile, made criminal referrals to the Justice Department, alleging mortgage fraud by some of Trump's most reviled political adversaries, including former New York Attorney General Letitia J...