The president linked the move to his efforts to pass voting restrictions and said Jay Clayton's hearing would be delayed until his replacement as U.S. attorney is confirmed.

President Trump delayed Jay Clayton's nomination to lead the U.S. intelligence community, saying he's trying to force Congress to pass a voter ID bill that currently lacks enough support to be approved.

Trump accused Republicans of working with Democrats to "remove very fair, and talented, William Pulte," the loyalist his picked to serve as acting DNI.

Jay Clayton won’t be sitting for his confirmation hearing today to be President Donald Trump’s permanent director of national intelligence, after Trump said in an early morning Truth Social post that he wants Clayton’s replacement confirmed as the top US attorney in Manhattan first.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday's Senate ⁠hearing ⁠on Jay Clayton's nomination to ⁠become the next U.S. spy chief was canceled and would ​not go forward until James McDonald is confirmed as a U.

The president is keeping housing chief Bill Pulte in his role as acting director, which is expected to reopen a fight over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was delaying federal prosecutor Jay Clayton’s nomination to lead the U.S. intelligence community in a bid to force Congress to act on a voter ID bill that currently lacks enough support for passage.

President Donald Trump says he’s delaying Jay Clayton’s nomination to lead the U.S. intelligence community in a bid to force Congress to act on a voter ID bill that currently lacks enough support for