https://www.scmp.com/rss/524061/feed Tulsi Gabbard, serving as Director of National Intelligence since February 2025, oversees America’s intelligence agencies, advising the President on national security. A combat veteran, she holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army Reserve with three Middle East deployments. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press A man who crashed his pickup truck into a Detroit-area synagogue earlier in March was carrying out an attack inspired by the Iran-backed group Hezbollah and had sought to inflict as much damage as possible, the FBI said on Monday. Ayman Ghazali made a video before the attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, saying he wanted to “kill as many of them as I possibly can”, said Jennifer Runyan, head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Detroit, who announced new information more... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3348458/fbi-says-man-who-crashed-his-truck-michigan-synagogue-was-inspired-hezbollah?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3348458/fbi-says-man-who-crashed-his-truck-michigan-synagogue-was-inspired-hezbollah?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:00:41 +0000 Tom Hussain Tom Hussain A US intelligence assessment warning of a potential threat from Pakistan’s prospective intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) has been challenged by nuclear non-proliferation experts, who say Islamabad’s defence programme is focused on regional deterrence rather than targeting the American “homeland”. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told the US Senate on Wednesday that Pakistan – along with China, Iran, North Korea and Russia – has been “researching and developing an array... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3347231/pakistan-building-icbms-non-proliferation-experts-dispute-us-warning?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3347231/pakistan-building-icbms-non-proliferation-experts-dispute-us-warning?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Mar 2026 02:24:24 +0000 Reuters Reuters Peace talks between the United States, Russia and Ukraine on ending the Ukraine war, the deadliest European conflict since World War II, were on a “situational pause”, the Kremlin said on Thursday. Moscow’s statement followed a report by Russia’s Izvestia newspaper that the Iran war had temporarily ‌halted negotiations between ⁠Moscow, ⁠Washington and Kyiv. Kremlin ‌spokesman Dmitry Peskov said ‌Russia hoped ‌the ‌pause would end and ⁠another round of ⁠negotiations can be held. US President... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3347151/russian-report-says-ukraine-peace-talks-paused-amid-iran-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3347151/russian-report-says-ukraine-peace-talks-paused-amid-iran-war?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:27:27 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The FBI is investigating whether Joe Kent, who resigned his position as a top counterterrorism official this week in protest of the Iran war, improperly shared classified information, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The investigation precedes Kent’s resignation Tuesday from his role as director of the US government’s National Counterterrorism Centre, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing FBI inquiry. But it comes as the Justice Department... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347098/fbi-investigating-top-us-security-official-who-resigned-over-iran-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347098/fbi-investigating-top-us-security-official-who-resigned-over-iran-war?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Mar 2026 03:04:50 +0000 Reuters Reuters Iran’s government has been degraded since the war began on February 28, but it ⁠appears to be intact and Tehran and its proxies remain capable of attacking US and allies’ interests in the Middle East, US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Wednesday. “The regime in Iran appears to be intact but largely degraded by Operation Epic Fury,” Gabbard said, referring to the US-Israel military campaign against Iran, in her opening statement to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3347085/iran-can-still-attack-us-interests-government-appears-intact-spy-chief-gabbard-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3347085/iran-can-still-attack-us-interests-government-appears-intact-spy-chief-gabbard-says?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Mar 2026 19:34:49 +0000 Reuters Reuters Top Democrats on the Senate and House intelligence committees called on Thursday for US President Donald Trump’s chief spy to brief their panels on why she was ‍present at an FBI raid on an election facility in Georgia. Senator Mark Warner and Congressman Jim Himes told Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in a letter that they were deeply concerned with her presence at Wednesday’s FBI operation, saying that the US intelligence community “should be focused on foreign threats”. “When... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341758/why-was-americas-top-spy-present-fbi-raid-georgia-election-facility?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341758/why-was-americas-top-spy-present-fbi-raid-georgia-election-facility?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Jan 2026 02:50:04 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The Pentagon’s watchdog found that US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth put US personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Yemen’s Houthi militants, two people familiar with the findings said on Wednesday. Hegseth, however, has the ability to declassify material and the report did not find he did so improperly, according to one of the people familiar with the findings who spoke on condition of anonymity to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335115/hegseths-use-signal-posed-risk-us-personnel-pentagon-watchdog-finds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335115/hegseths-use-signal-posed-risk-us-personnel-pentagon-watchdog-finds?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2025 19:21:05 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The Office of National Intelligence will dramatically reduce its workforce and cut its budget by more than US$700 million annually, the Trump administration announced on Wednesday. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said in a statement: “Over the last 20 years, ODNI has become bloated and inefficient, and the intelligence community is rife with abuse of power, unauthorised leaks of classified intelligence, and politicised weaponisation of intelligence.” She said the intelligence... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322578/tulsi-gabbard-slash-us-intelligence-workforce-40-cut-budget-us700-million?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322578/tulsi-gabbard-slash-us-intelligence-workforce-40-cut-budget-us700-million?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Aug 2025 21:12:42 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The White House pulled out all the stops on Wednesday to promote claims that Barack Obama headed a “treasonous conspiracy” against Donald Trump, seeking to redirect public attention from the uproar over its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein affair. Trump’s intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard told a White House press briefing there had been a “years-long coup” by Obama. The extraordinary narrative essentially rehashed Trump’s long-standing argument that investigations into Russia’s multilayered... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319358/white-house-pushes-obama-coup-story-epstein-questions-mount?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319358/white-house-pushes-obama-coup-story-epstein-questions-mount?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Jul 2025 02:07:24 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump accused former president Barack Obama of “treason” on Tuesday, accusing him, without providing evidence, of leading an effort to falsely tie him to Russia and undermine his 2016 presidential campaign. A spokesperson for Obama denounced Trump’s claims, saying “these bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction”. While Trump has frequently attacked Obama by name, the Republican president has not, since returning to office in January, gone this far... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319204/trump-accuses-obama-treason-over-report-russia-interference-2016-election?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319204/trump-accuses-obama-treason-over-report-russia-interference-2016-election?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:08:53 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jnr, despite opposition from the assassinated Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 death. The digital document dump includes more than 240,000 pages of records that had been under a court-imposed seal since 1977, when the FBI first gathered the records and turned them over to the National Archives and Records Administration. In a lengthy statement released on... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319069/us-releases-fbi-records-martin-luther-king-jnr-despite-his-familys-opposition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319069/us-releases-fbi-records-martin-luther-king-jnr-despite-his-familys-opposition?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Jul 2025 22:55:01 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg For US President Donald Trump, whose political career has benefited from voter anxiety over Washington elites, the health of his predecessor and the riches of Wall Street, the past week offered a reversal of fortune. Trump’s efforts to escape the uproar over Jeffrey Epstein failed spectacularly, after The Wall Street Journal published a story alleging he once sent a suggestive birthday letter to the disgraced financier – a claim the president denied. The White House was forced to make a rare... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318899/trumps-week-wins-dented-epstein-storm-health-concerns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318899/trumps-week-wins-dented-epstein-storm-health-concerns?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Jul 2025 08:55:59 +0000 Rob York Rob York Based on his recent statements, it appears that US President Donald Trump’s position on Ukraine has evolved to match that of his predecessor. He now says shipments of weapons will continue and that Ukraine must be able to defend itself. He has expressed unhappiness with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and on Monday threatened 100 per cent tariffs on Russia and countries doing business with it if a Russia-Ukraine deal isn’t reached in 50 days. This may surprise some observers, especially... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3318020/trumps-team-waking-reality-rivalry-russia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3318020/trumps-team-waking-reality-rivalry-russia?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Jul 2025 12:30:08 +0000 C. Uday Bhaskar C. Uday Bhaskar The United States’ attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites on June 22 have been described as a “spectacular military success” by US President Donald Trump. Some have concluded that Israel has emerged as the definitive winner in a long-festering regional rivalry. The political objective of this dramatic American intervention in the Israel-Iran conflict was a simple Trump goal: “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.” With a fragile ceasefire in place between Israel and Iran, an objective assessment of US and... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3315742/us-bombing-iran-risks-breakdown-nuclear-governance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3315742/us-bombing-iran-risks-breakdown-nuclear-governance?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Jun 2025 21:30:07 +0000