Trump taps loyalist Richard Grenell as nation`s top intel official
(WorldNews Politics)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced that Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, will become acting director of national intelligence, a move that puts a staunch Trump ally in charge of the nation's 17 spy agencies, which the president has only tepidly embraced. `Rick has represented our Country exceedingly well and I look forward to working with him,` Trump tweeted on Wednesday.A White House statement Thursday said Grenell `is committed to a nonpolitical, nonpartisan approach'' to the job. Grenell follows Joseph Maguire, who has been acting...