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Acting DNI Pulte Orders 300 NCTC Cuts, Sparks Senate Review

6/23/2026

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Bill Pulte, acting DNI and Federal Housing Finance Agency head, demanded a staff list and a 300-person cut list on day one.
Bill Pulte told ODNI staff to cut roughly 300 National Counterterrorism Center employees while Democratic senators Jim Himes and Mark Warner wrote urging congressional review.
U.S. President Donald Trump appointed Bill Pulte as acting DNI without Senate confirmation, saying the temporary role lets him shrink the intelligence community.

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Bill Pulte, acting DNI and Federal Housing Finance Agency head, demanded a staff list and a 300-person cut list on day one.
Bill Pulte told ODNI staff to cut roughly 300 National Counterterrorism Center employees while Democratic senators Jim Himes and Mark Warner wrote urging congressional review.
U.S. President Donald Trump appointed Bill Pulte as acting DNI without Senate confirmation, saying the temporary role lets him shrink the intelligence community.