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Sen. Warner on Bill Pulte

Sen. Mark Warner, the lead Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "heads of our intelligence community" have told him that they are "terrified of showing" information to Bill Pulte, who President Trump named as acting Director of National Intelligence when Tulsi Gabbard leaves the post. Democrats are holding up the reauthorization of a key spy power to keep Pulte from taking over in protest of the move to make Pulte the temporary intelligence chief.

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Warner: Bill is "albatross" for GOP

Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that as President Trump's "one big, beautiful bill" cleared a major procedural hurdle in the Senate on Saturday, it will be a "political albatross" for Republicans. "I think many of my Republican friends know they are walking the plank on this, and we'll see if those who've expressed quiet consternation will actually have the courage of their convictions," he said.

Warner slams Gabbard, Ratcliffe on text

The Senate Intelligence Committee vice chairman, Democratic Sen. Mark Warner, pressed Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe on their involvement in a Signal group chat with top Trump officials about military operations against Houthi rebels in Yemen. The exchange occurred during a hearing on global threats to the U.S. Details about the text thread were made public by The Atlantic's editor-in-chief after he was apparently mistakenly added to that chat.

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