A pressure campaign is building on the Senate to confirm President-elect Trump's controversial cabinet picks such as RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth. NBC News' Ali Vitali has the latest reporting from Capitol Hill.

During an appearance on Fox News Tuesday, host Laura Ingraham claimed that Trump’s nominee to be the next director of national intelligence had been wrongfully smeared as “an apologist” for Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, the dictator who fled Syria for Russia last week after rebels overtook Damascus.

During her time in Congress, Gabbard also praised Vladimir Putin for bombing Isis in Syria, while the Obama administration would not. She also spread the conspiratorial idea that “biolabs” funded by the United States across the world — which do not exist — could unleash “dangerous pathogens .”

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) designee Tulsi Gabbard began her charm offensive with key senators on Monday and got a boost from hundreds of veterans as she sought to allay concerns from

President-elect Donald Trump’s top spy picks appear to be enjoying an increasingly receptive Senate GOP, as they make the rounds huddling with senators in a bid to shore up support for their

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for intelligence chief, Tulsi Gabbard, is making her case on Capitol Hill.

Assad, his regime was operating its torture chambers throughout the country. The post Tulsi Gabbard Wanted to Protect Bashar al-Assad. Americans Can’t Trust Her to Protect Them first appeared on Mediaite.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard is facing fresh scrutiny about her proximity to Russian-ally Syria amid that country’s sudden collapse of its hardline Assad regime.

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“Please give Tulsi Gabbard space in privacy in this delicate time.” Governor Haley, who served as Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations at the time of Ms. Gabbard’s Syria visit, also raised the issue on Sirius XM last month, calling her“photo- ...

President-elect Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, met Tuesday with senators on Capitol Hill as she faces concerns from Republicans over her

Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be director of national intelligence, has drawn scrutiny for a 2017 trip she made to Syria to visit with Bashar al-Assad. The former congresswoman is expected to meet with senators this week before her confirmation process.