INTELLIGENCE APPOINTMENT

Bill Pulte, a former federal housing regulator, remains the acting head of the nation’s intelligence community. The move comes while Congress pushes for a permanent appointment to ease the renewal of a critical spying tool. Both parties on Capitol Hill have urged President Trump to finalize a

Bill Pulte’s jump from running America’s mortgage rules to leading its spy world caught many by surprise. Before politics, he was better known as the heir to a big homebuilding fortune and for handing out cash online to followers. His new role puts him in charge of agencies that handle secrets from