Maintenance in progress

trump nominated jay clayton, former sec chairman and sitting us attorney for the southern district of new york, to lead the office of the director of national intelligence, which coordinates the 18-agency us intelligence community. the nomination is structurally unusual because the dni role is normally filled from senior intelligence, military, or national security council backgrounds — clayton's career is entirely in financial regulation and federal prosecution. this is coinciding with a wartime intelligence posture and ongoing supreme court litigation over presidential authority to remove federal reserve governors.

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