REDSTATE (Susie Moore) - RedState Weekly Briefing: Thune's Betrayal, Warner's Mendacity, and Musk's Mic Drop Moment
REDSTATE (Teri Christoph) - ABC News Just Caught Democrat Senator Mark Warner Telling a Massive Lie About Voter ID
ABCNEWS - Sen. Warner says he won't vote to confirm Jay Clayton as DNI
But with Republicans controlling the Senate, he expects Clayton to be confirmed.
ABCNEWS - Sen. Warner: Platner allegations are ‘disturbing,’ but decision up to voters in Maine
Sen. Mark Warner said Sunday that allegations against Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner will be up to voters to weigh, but are "disturbing" if true.
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Three GOP senators vote with Dems on a bill to block head of a federal agency from being acting DNI
The amendment, introduced by Senate Intelligence Committee vice chair Mark Warner, failed in a 49-49 split. GOP Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted with the Democrats.
AXIOS (Mike Zapler) - Pulte pick sparks a Senate GOP rebellion
Just when President Trump removed one thumb from the eye of Senate Republicans — scrapping his $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" — he put another right back in with his choice of Bill Pulte as director of national intelligence. Why it matters: This time, the stakes are even higher: Democrats are threatening to let the government's spy powers lapse next week unless Trump yanks the appointment. State of play: Democratic outrage over Trump's latest moves usually doesn't amount to much. But Republicans need at least eight Democratic votes in the Senate to prevent the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Section 702 from lapsing on June 12, potentially forcing Trump to choose between sticking with Pulte or keeping Section 702 alive. …
NPR (Steve Inskeep) - Sen. Warner warns of risks from Pulte's intelligence appointment
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence committee, about mortgage chief Bill Pulte's move to acting director of national intelligence.
AXIOS (Josephine Walker) - Trump loyalist Pulte gets oversight of vast U.S. intel
President Trump on Tuesday picked Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte to lead the U.S. intelligence community, elevating a MAGA loyalist to one of the government's most powerful national security posts. Why it matters: President Trump's decision to install Pulte atop the nation's intelligence network gives the MAGA enforcer wide-ranging access to vast amounts of data the government collects. Between the lines: Critics questioned Pulte's independence in leading the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), citing investigations he launched as FHFA director into figures Trump has publicly criticized, including New York Attorney General Letitia James and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). - Pulte will replace…
DAILYCALLER (Harold Hutchison) - Tim Kaine, Mark Warner Proposed Gun Law That Even Notoriously Liberal Court Rejected
'California’s law is facially unconstitutional'