Replaces acting intelligence chief Maguire with loyalist Grenell after Russia-interference briefing

Trump removed acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire and installed Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany with no intelligence-community background, as acting DNI. The move followed a classified briefing in which an ODNI official told the House Intelligence Committee that Russia was again interfering to aid Trump's re-election; reporting indicated Trump was angered by the briefing, wrongly believing it had been provided only to Democrats. A committee official noted that lawmakers of both parties, including Republican Ranking Member Devin Nunes, attended the same briefing. Critics including Senator Mark Warner characterized the appointment as installing a political loyalist over the intelligence community in apparent retaliation for the Russia assessment reaching Congress.