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President Trump's latest move even has Republicans frustrated.

The lead starts right now. Confusion and frustration on Capitol Hill today, as President Trump forced his own pick to be Director of National Intelligence to skip his confirmation hearing today. Now, Congress is in limbo, a contentious temporary boss is about to take the reins. U.S. spy agencies are left without powers they say are necessary to prevent terror attacks.

Plus, with Americans struggling under the weight of the highest inflation in three years,

today the Federal Reserve decided not to cut interest rates and signal a rate hike maybe in the future.

We'll break down how this could affect

your wallet. And New York City is getting ready for a massive parade tomorrow to celebrate

the NBA champion Nix. And as those final preparations are underway, CNN sat down with

Mayor Zoran Mamdani for a look at the security measures in place that thousands of fans expected to pack the streets.

Welcome to the lead on Phil Mattingly. Jake Tapper is on assignment. We begin in our politics lead.

President Donald Trump today making life a lot more complicated for his own party on Capitol Hill.

And members of both parties say his actions could put national security at risk.

So here's what's going on.

After Republicans thought they'd found a way to ditch Bill Pulte, the housing chief with no national security experience,

who is Trump's controversial pick to be the acting director of national intelligence,

Trump upended that. Last night, with a truth social post from Geneva, writing, quote,

I will not approve FISA without the Save America Act going along with it. We are canceling the

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