President Trump’s bid to install a controversial ally to head the intelligence community without the blessing of Congress is giving lawmakers pause about renewing the nation’s warrantless spy powers.

Senate lawmakers from both parties were blindsided by President Donald Trump’s decision to tap Bill Pulte as the acting director of national intelligence on Tuesday and are questioning his qualifications for the post.

WASHINGTON — A House intelligence panel announced Thursday it will conduct a bipartisan review of recommendations included in the 9/11 Commission report, with hearings to be held starting next month as the nation prepares to mark the 25th anniversary ...

The Senate Intelligence Committee by necessity conducts its work mostly behind closed doors in order to protect our nation’s secrets, but this morning, we will convene for a rare public hearing to question our nation’s top intelligence officials about ...

Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation.

"Our intelligence community and its oversight must maintain the highest levels of trust. The House Intel Committee will play a pivotal role in this work in the new Congress, and Rick Crawford will provide principled leadership as its chairman," Johnson said Thursday in a statement.