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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T14:20:54.000Z",
  "site": "https://newrepublic.com",
  "tags": [
    "Breaking News",
    "Politics",
    "Republican Party",
    "Donald Trump",
    "director of national intelligence",
    "National Intelligence",
    "Bill Pulte",
    "FISA",
    "Senate",
    "John Thune",
    "Democratic Party",
    "Mark Warner",
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    "Punchbowl News",
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  "textContent": "Democratic lawmakers are hoping to force Republicans to remove Bill Pulte from his new side-gig as acting director of national intelligence.\n\nSenator Mark Warner told Senate Majority Leader John Thune to get Pulte removed or risk Democrats withholding their votes for Donald Trump’s long-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Punchbowl News reported Wednesday.\n\nFISA expires in just nine days, leaving Republicans with a short window to force Pulte out.\n\nDemocrats aren’t alone: Republican lawmakers have also expressed their concerns about Pulte. “Well, we don’t need a weaponized DNI, we need professionals there,” Thune told reporters Tuesday.\n\nPulte has none of the military or intelligence background necessary to lead ODNI. He’s made a name for himself by being Trump’s pitbull, recklessly targeting the president’s political enemies and making himself wildly unpopular in the process.\n\nBy positioning Pulte as a dealbreaker for FISA, Democrats believe they’re doing Republicans a favor, Punchbowl News reported. If there’s one thing that Democrats and Republicans can agree on, it’s hating Bill Pulte.",
  "title": "Democrats Hatch New Plan to Get Rid of Trump’s DNI Pick"
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