From blaming NATO for the Ukraine war to echoing Russian propaganda, Gabbard has ruffled feathers inside the spy agencies she could soon lead.

Tulsi Gabbard - a former Democrat congresswoman who joined the Republican Party to back Donald Trump - is the president-elect's pick for director of national intelligence. The wide-ranging role would mean she oversees US intelligence agencies like the CIA,

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he’s chosen Tulsi Gabbard, a former U.S. Representative from Hawaii, as his nominee for the country’s next director of national intelligence.

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Tulsi Gabbard as U.S. intelligence chief has sent shockwaves through the national security establishment, adding to concerns that the sprawling intelligence community will become increasingly politicized.

Gabbard, an Army Reserve officer whose antiwar views are seen as sympathetic to Moscow, is considered an unconventional choice to lead U.S. spy agencies.

Donald Trump has tossed Tulsi Gabbard's name to the list of potential candidates for Director of National Intelligence in his upcoming cabinet.

President-elect Donald Trump is selecting former US Representative and one-time Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard to be his director of national intelligence, elevating a loyalist and skeptic of support for Ukraine to coordinate the nation’s spy agencies.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday he has chosen Tulsi Gabbard, a 43-year-old former Democratic representative and critic of the Biden administration, as his director of national intelligence.

President-elect Trump announced Wednesday that former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard would serve as his director of national intelligence, a remarkable turnaround for a former Democrat accused of peddling Russian narratives.

That sets up a onetime critic who evolved into one of the president-elect's fiercest defenders to become the nation's top diplomat.