If confirmed, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard would become the youngest-ever DNI. Sources tell ABC News the vote on her nomination is expected to be close.

Gabbard is transferring her business to her spouse in a move experts said could create conflict of interest concerns.

"Both Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. represent parts of the new coalition in our party," Vance said, suggesting saying "no" to them would be an "insult" to new voters.

Senate Republicans and their allies believe former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard ’s chances of being confirmed as director of national intelligence will hinge on her performance during her confirmation hearing next week, with several mentioning she has an “uphill battle” in her chances of being confirmed.

One expert says her views are ‘so wildly fringe that her potential appointment as DNI is genuinely alarming’, Richard Hall and Andrew Feinberg write

Tulsi Gabbard is expected to face questions on her 2017 visit to Syria at her confirmation hearing for director of national intelligence Thursday.

More Trump nominees with potentially rocky paths to confirmation face hearings in the Senate this week, including Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kash Patel.

Latest reports revealed that the White House has sent out an extremely stern message to all the Republicans that those who will not be supporting the nominees selected by US President Donald Trump will eventually have to face some consequences.

Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence faces battle in Senate over Assad regime relationship

The White House rescinded an order today that froze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans in an effort to purge the government of what President Trump has called a “woke” ideology. The directive had been temporarily blocked by a federal judge.

RCP reporter Phil Wegmann broke down the strategy for and against Donald Trump's nominee for Director of National Intelligence, Sunday on FOX News, as Tulsi Gabbard begins confirmation hearings this week: PHIL WEGMANN,