Fox News Politics Newsletter: Brennan pushed reports Putin preferred Trump in 2016

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content. FIRST ON FOX: The intelligence community did not have any direct information that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to help elect Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election, but, at the "unusual" direction of then-President Barack Obama, published "potentially biased" or "implausible" intelligence suggesting otherwise, the House Intelligence Committee found. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified a report prepared by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence back in 2020… READ MORE. Former President Barack Obama nominates John Brennan, to be CIA director during an event in the East Room at the White House on Jan. 7, 2013, in Washington, D.C. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) 'INSTRUMENTAL': Coast Guard overhaul takes off amid Trump administration's immigration, narcotics crackdown POWER PLAY POLITICS: How China'weaponized' the battery supply chain to control over 80% of the materials needed for batteries in defense tech An airstrike hits a building in the Al-Nasr neighborhood in Gaza City, Gaza on July 21, 2025. REAL'WONDER WOMAN': 'Wonder Woman' actress Gal Gadot praises'strength' of freed Hamas hostages during emotional visit'QUIET PART OUT LOUD': Immigrants needed for'redistricting purposes,' House Dem admits in viral clip: 'Quiet part out loud' CASHFLOW: WATCH: Lawmakers break down how billions in the'big, beautiful bill' boost Trump's immigration crackdown Emil Bove, President Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, is sworn in before testifying during his Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.