{"id":161313,"date":"2025-08-20T07:17:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-gabbard-strips-security-clearance-from-dozens-of-intelligence-officials-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T07:17:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:17:59","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-gabbard-strips-security-clearance-from-dozens-of-intelligence-officials-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-gabbard-strips-security-clearance-from-dozens-of-intelligence-officials-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: Gabbard strips security clearance from dozens of intelligence officials – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Officials who worked on assessment that Russia interfered in 2016 election stripped of clearance; teen detained by Ice walking dog. Key US politics stories from Tuesday 19 August at a glance
National intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard<\/strong> said on Tuesday that she had stripped security clearances from 37 current and former national security officials, including some who worked on the intelligence community\u2019s assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
In a memo posted on X<\/a>, Gabbard accused the targeted individuals of having engaged in \u201cpoliticizing and manipulating intelligence, leaking classified intelligence without authorization, and\/or committing intentional egregious violations of tradecraft standards\u201d.
This move is the latest in a series of retributions by the Trump administration against national security officials and political opponents he views as adversaries. In March, Trump revoked security clearances for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris<\/a>, and several other Democrats and critics. The order also stripped access from former secretary of state Antony Blinken, former representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, New York attorney general Letitia James \u2013 who prosecuted Trump for fraud \u2013 and Biden\u2019s entire family.
Here are the key Trump administration<\/a> news of the day:
Donald Trump has ruled out sending US troops to Ukraine to enforce a potential peace deal with Vladimir Putin, tempering a promise to provide Kyiv with security guarantees<\/a> that European allies had called a significant breakthrough towards halting the Kremlin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.
Asked during a phone interview with Fox News whether he could assure listeners \u2013 including many members of his Maga base who support an isolationist America-first foreign policy \u2013 that the US would not put troops on the ground in Ukraine<\/a>, Trump said: \u201cYou have my assurance, and I\u2019m president.\u201d
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into allegations that Washington DC<\/a> police systematically manipulated crime<\/a> statistics to make the city appear safer than it actually is.
The probe, anonymous sources tell the Washington Post<\/a>, NBC News<\/a> and Fox News<\/a>, being conducted by the US attorney\u2019s office for the District of Columbia under Jeanine Pirro, is the latest escalation between the Trump administration<\/a> and DC officials over federal control of local policing<\/a>.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
A southern California<\/a> community is calling for the release of a high school student whom US immigration<\/a> agents arrested earlier this month while he was walking his dog.
Benjamin Marcelo Guerrero-Cruz <\/strong>was supposed to be starting his senior year of high school at Reseda charter high school this month. But just days after his 18th birthday, masked Ice agents detained him as he walking his dog in the Los Angeles<\/a> neighborhood of Van Nuys in what his family described as a kidnapping.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
A speechwriter for the Trump administration<\/a>\u2019s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has come under scrutiny after he was linked to hate speech online.
Eric Lendrum compared the circumstances of American conservatives to that of enslaved people and Jewish people in Nazi Germany, and in his podcast claimed that the racist great replacement conspiracy theory was \u201creal\u201d, the news outlet Notus reported<\/a>.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Republican state legislators in California<\/a> filed suit on Tuesday to block a mid-year redistricting plan meant to counter Texas\u2019s effort to redraw congressional district lines.
The emergency petition argues that the process being used in the California<\/a> assembly violates laws requiring a 30-day period between the introduction of legislation and voting on it.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Household electricity bills have increased by 10% since Donald Trump<\/a> re-entered the White House, a new report has found, with its authors highlighting the impact of the president\u2019s datacenter boosterism and cuts to clean energy projects as part of the cause.
The analysis comes as the US energy secretary, Chris Wright, said he knows rising energy prices could be a political challenge for the GOP ahead of next year\u2019s midterm elections, but claimed Democrats were to blame for the cost increases.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The Trump administration<\/a> said on Tuesday<\/strong> that it will look for \u201canti-American\u201d views, including on social media, when assessing the applications<\/a> of people wanting to live in the United States.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave Donald Trump a golf club<\/a><\/strong> during his visit to Washington this week that had belonged to a serviceman fighting Russia\u2019s invasion, Kyiv said on Tuesday.
India Walton has a warning message for progressive Democrats<\/a> during Donald Trump\u2019s second presidency<\/strong>: don\u2019t water down your politics to win over the establishment<\/a>.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened 18 August 2025<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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