How Trump’s new acting intel chief Bill Pulte won him over

Photo: Bill Pulte Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and Acting Director of National Intelligence. Photo credit: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) / Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. Article by Cassandra Dumay. Politico – updated June 2, 2026.

Bill Pulte, a regulator charged with overseeing the mortgage market, is taking on a second job acting as the country’s top intelligence official — after rebranding his little-known agency into a major political tool for President Donald Trump. During Pulte’s tenure leading the Federal Housing Finance Agency, he has played a headline-grabbing role in Trump’s efforts to go after political enemies and establish an affordability agenda ahead of the 2026 midterms. […]

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