WASHINGTON — Tulsi Gabbard was sworn in as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence on Wednesday shortly after she was confirmed by the Senate, where Republicans who had initially ...

Gabbard overcame initial skepticism from some Republican senators about her nomination, underscoring Trump's grip on the party.

The defection of a single GOP senator on the Intelligence panel ... including the question of whether she would recommend a pardon of Edward Snowden, where she clearly said no,” she said.

“Edward Snowden broke the law,” she ... Trump himself has long viewed the nation’s intelligence services with suspicion. GOP senators who had expressed concerns about Gabbard’s stance ...