President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard to be the next director of national intelligence.

Tulsi Gabbard was a rising star in the Democratic Party before she left in 2022 and endorsed Donald Trump in 2024.

Gabbard left the Democratic Party in 2022 after an unsuccessful presidential run and joined the Republican Party last month after endorsing Trump and becoming a member of his transition team.

President-elect Donald Trump has named former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as his pick for director of national intelligence, praising the former Democrat as “now a proud Republican.” “For over two decades, Tulsi has fought for our Country and the Freedoms of all Americans,

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic member of Congress and presidential candidate, to serve as director of national intelligence, continuing to stock his Cabinet with loyal personalities complimentary to his own, rather than long-term professionals in their requisite fields.

Speaking on her podcast Nikki Haley Live, the ex-South South Carolina governor slammed Tulsi Gabbard’s past statements and actions, particularly her criticism of NATO and her remarks about Russia’s "legitimate security concerns" regarding Ukraine’s potential NATO membership.

Nikki Haley tore into Director of National Intelligence-designate Tulsi Gabbard and Health and Human Services secretary-designate Robert F. Kennedy Jr on her SiriusXM show.

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for the director of national intelligence, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, has little experience working with the nation's spy agencies and a long track record of echoing the Russian disinformation they work to expose a counter -- a combination her critics claim should be disqualifying.