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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Trump’s deteriorating relationship with intelligence community

    President Trump has named Richard Grenell, the current ambassador to Germany, as acting Director of National Intelligence.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 21, 2020 • 1 min read

    President Trump has named Richard Grenell, the current ambassador to Germany, as acting Director of National Intelligence. This comes as reports surfaced on Thursday that senior intelligence officials told Congress that Russia wants to see President Trump re-elected. Trump worried that could be used against him politically leading up to November’s election.

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    California’s new voting system
    1. 0:00Trump’s deteriorating relationship with intelligence communityYou’re reading this
    2. 10:13Nevada Democratic Party to use Google Forms to count caucus votes
    3. 18:02New rules for California primary voting
    4. 27:30‘Emma’: Snotty incarnation of Jane Austen’s character
    5. 41:44High demand for Pink Princess Philodendron leads to scams
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