Trump Appoints Housing Chief Bill Pulte as Acting National Intelligence Director
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The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:25.9 | Here's your midday brief for Tuesday, June 2nd. I'm Anthony Bansy for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:31.0 | President Trump has appointed Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte as acting director |
| 0:36.3 | of National Intelligence. Pulte will succeed |
| 0:38.9 | Tulsi Gabbard, who resigned last month. The president said Pulte will also keep serving as the |
| 0:44.0 | director of the housing agency and the chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac while he's in the |
| 0:48.7 | intelligence job. Pulte has gained favor with Trump through his aggressive approach to his role as |
| 0:54.0 | the administration's housing chief. |
| 0:56.2 | His career has been primarily focused on finance and home building, and he has little national security experience. |
| 1:02.5 | As an acting director, he won't need to be confirmed by the Senate. |
| 1:06.2 | Cleveland Federal Reserve President Beth Hammock says the central bank may need to respond if inflation continues. Speaking in Cleveland today, Hammock said that if the Fed waits for definitive evidence |
| 1:16.1 | that high inflation has become embedded in the economy, it may require larger adjustments to |
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| 1:26.7 | raised its outlook for the year. |
| 1:28.6 | The retailer's CEO has been pushing for a turnaround. She said today that sales for bras are up |
| 1:33.8 | and that's supporting sales for everything else. Shares in the company rose 45% in midday trading, |
| 1:39.6 | a remarkable jump that puts the company on pace for its biggest stock gain ever. Heads up in artificial intelligence tool helped us make this episode by creating |
| 1:47.6 | summaries that were based on WSJ reporting and then reviewed and adapted by an editor. |
| 1:52.4 | And we have a lot more coverage on the WSJ's What's News. |
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