EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Jay Clayton advanced toward confirmation as DNI after a 51-43 Senate procedural vote on Monday.
President Donald Trump is well into his second and final term, but he is still working to fill crucial vacancies within his government. That includes filling the director of national intelligence role after former DNI Tulsi Gabbard stepped down earlier this year to care for her sick husband. Trump’s nominee to lead the nation’s intelligence agencies moved closer to confirmation Monday, bringing the Senate closer to restoring a key counterterrorism authority.
The Senate voted to advance Jay Clayton’s nomination as the next DNI. Gabbard left after doctors diagnosed her husband with cancer.