President Donald Trump tapped Jay Clayton as his pick to be the next director of national intelligence on Thursday after facing pushback over his recent choice to fill the acting role, Bill Pulte. If ...

WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday he is nominating Jay Clayton, the chief prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, to be the next director of national ...

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Clayton is a former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission who oversees the Justice Department office in the Southern District of New York.

President Trump on Thursday announced he's nominating Jay Clayton, the current U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be the next director of national intelligence, aiming to end a ...

Trump's announcement came after House Democrats' objections to his pick of Bill Pulte as acting chief ensured that a key national security tool expires Friday.

United States President Donald Trump has said he will nominate federal prosecutor Jay Clayton to be the next director of national intelligence (DNI). The announcement on Thursday comes amid pushback ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jay Clayton, US attorney for the Southern District of New York, attends the Bloomberg Global Credit Forum in New York, US, on June ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump halted former SEC Chair Jay Clayton's Senate hearing for Director of National Intelligence until the Senate ...

The Senate has been at an impasse over the president's controversial pick to serve as acting intelligence chief that resulted in the expiration of a key spy authority.

Jay Clayton, US attorney for the southern district of New York.Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters Donald Trump abruptly divertedthe confirmation process for Jay Clayton as the US’s top intelligence chief ...

President Trump says he is delaying the nomination of Jay Clayton to be the next director of national intelligence and disrupting approval of a surveillance tool at the center of the U.S. intelligence ...