Tulsi Gabbard is expected to face tough questions about her past comments about Russia, Syria and a key government surveillance program as lawmakers vet her to lead the nation’s intelligence service.

After years of voting against domestic surveillance capabilities, President Donald Trump’s choice for director of national intelligence now says she supports the continuation of those programs.

Gabbard is transferring her business to her spouse in a move experts said could create conflict of interest concerns.

For those with a vested interest in Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump's first week in office was a bit of a rollercoaster. During his first presidential term, Trump famously praised Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Ukrainian President issues demand to US President after Vladimir Putin states Moscow is ‘ready for negotiations’

The Kremlin said on Thursday it saw nothing particularly new in a threat by U.S. President Donald Trump to hit Russia with new sanctions and tariffs if it did not agree to end the war in Ukraine.

Trump has threatened still more tariffs, proposing 25% on goods from Mexico and Canada, an additional 10% on China and 25% on Colombia after that country initially refused deportation flights from the U.

President Donald Trump has been talking about tariffs for so long that it feels like we know exactly what’s coming. But we kind of have no idea.