Pulte Leads Intelligence While Russia Escalates Strikes: President Trump has appointed home-building heir Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence in a highly unusual dual-role arrangement. Meanwhile, Russia is intensifying its aerial assault on Ukraine with drone decoys and deadly strikes on Kyiv.
AI Brief Pulte Leads Intelligence While Russia Escalates Strikes Wednesday, June 3, 2026 12:12 PM President Trump has appointed home-building heir Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence in a highly unusual dual-role arrangement. Meanwhile, Russia is intensifying its aerial assault on Ukraine with drone decoys and deadly strikes on Kyiv. Key Stories Trump taps Bill Pulte to oversee national intelligence — The home-building heir will serve as Acting DNI while keeping his current roles at the FHFA, despite having no traditional background in national security or intelligence. Russia intensifies drone and missile attacks on Ukraine — Following a week of threats, Russia has launched deadly strikes on Kyiv and is using massive swarms of drone decoys to exhaust Ukrainian air defenses. U.S. authorities seize record fifteen billion in Bitcoin — In a major blow to organized crime, federal officials successfully seized a record-breaking amount of crypto linked to global scam co...
