TRUMP PICKS TOP MANHATTAN FEDERAL PROSECUTOR AS NEXT INTELLIGENCE CHIEF

President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Jay Clayton, the top U.S. attorney for Manhattan, to ​be the next U.S. spy chief, amid a political firestorm over a fierce loyalist Trump had picked to fill the role temporarily.

The decision, however, appeared unlikely to end a refusal by ‌Democrats to provide the votes needed to renew a key foreign surveillance program that expires on Friday unless Trump withdraws Bill Pulte as acting intelligence chief. Pulte is loyal to Trump but has no national security experience.

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