{"id":2606057,"date":"2026-05-22T18:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-banks-floats-stefanik-as-next-intelligence-chief\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T18:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:16:30","slug":"jim-banks-floats-stefanik-as-next-intelligence-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-banks-floats-stefanik-as-next-intelligence-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Banks floats Stefanik as next intelligence chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjim-banks-floats-stefanik-as-next-intelligence-chief%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2606057&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>sen. Jim Banks says President Donald Trump should publicly nominate Rep. Elise stefanik (R-NY) to replace outgoing DNI Tulsi Gabbard, arguing Stefanik would be a \u201cgreat replacement\u201d and \u201ceasily confirmable\u201d despite narrow Republican margins in the Senate. Gabbard is stepping down from the director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-looks-to-doj-firepower-to-take-on-the-press\/\" title=\"... looks to DOJ firepower to take on the press\">national intelligence role<\/a> next month to care for her husband, who has bone cancer; her departure follows several other Cabinet exits this year, which the White house attributes to personal circumstances rather than being forced out. The article notes Stefanik previously had been nominated as U.S. ambassador to the U.N., but that decision was pulled over concerns it could endanger Republicans\u2019 slim House majority. It adds that Stefanik has been a senior member of the House Intelligence Committee as 2017 and that her career has been turbulent recently, including a halted run for New York governor and plans to eventually leave the House.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jim-banks\/\">Jim Banks<\/a> (R-IN) believes President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> should give Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elise-stefanik\/\">Elise Stefanik<\/a> (R-NY) another shot at a Cabinet post, publicly recommending her for intelligence chief after Tulsi Gabbard <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4579695\/tulsi-gabbard-resigns-after-husbands-bone-cancer-diagnosis\/\">announced her resignation<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Banks, one of the president\u2019s Senate allies, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Jim_Banks\/status\/2057891007354507537?s=20\">said in an X post<\/a> that Stefanik would be a \u201cgreat replacement\u201d for Gabbard, who is stepping down as director of national intelligence in a month to help take care of her ailing husband.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4579903\/thom-tillis-trump-stupid-stuff-hurting-gop\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Thom Tillis claps back at Trump over \u2018stupid stuff\u2019 hurting GOP<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4579245\/trump-claims-tillis-quit-reelection-bid-after-trump-refused-endorsement\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump claims Tillis \u2018quit\u2019 reelection bid after Trump refused endorsement<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4578428\/senate-punts-immigration-enforcement-vote\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Senate punts immigration enforcement vote over \u2018anti-weaponization\u2019 fund outrage<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, Trump nominated Stefanik to be his ambassador to the United Nations, but her name was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3361333\/white-house-elise-stefanik-un-nomination-pulled-gop-math\/\">pulled abruptly<\/a> over fears that a resignation from the House would imperil Republicans\u2019 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3320784\/stefanik-nomination-stalls-gop-narrow-house-majority\/\">narrow majority<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That margin has only gotten slimmer since then. Republicans can only afford to lose two members on any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-joe-manchin-threatens-to-derail-bidens-1-9-trillion-aid-bill-unless-it-receives-bipartisan-support\/\" title=\".... Joe Manchin Threatens To Derail Biden\u2019s .9 Trillion Aid Bill Unless It Receives \u2018Bipartisan\u2019 Support\">party-line vote<\/a>. But Banks emphasized that Stefanik would be \u201ceasily confirmable\u201d in the Senate, where Republicans have shown an increasing willingness to buck the president on nominees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stefanik has served as a member of the House Intelligence Committee since 2017, making her one of its more senior members. In the interim, Trump has named Gabbard\u2019s deputy, Aaron Lukas, as acting DNI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabbard is the fourth Cabinet official to announce their departure from the administration this year, and though <em>Reuters<\/em> initially <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/white-house-forced-top-spy-gabbard-resign-source-says-2026-05-22\/\">reported<\/a> that she was pushed out of the job, the White House maintains her decision is due to her husband\u2019s bone cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4579840\/tulsi-gabbard-exit-trump-cabinet-fuels-queries-who-is-next\/\"><strong>WHO COULD BE NEXT TO LEAVE TRUMP\u2019S CABINET AFTER TULSI GABBARD?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabbard, one of the more dovish members of the Trump administration, had reportedly butted heads with the White House over the war in Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Should Trump consider Stefanik as a replacement, it would mark the latest turn in what has been a chaotic year for her career.\u00a0Stefanik launched a campaign for governor of New York after Trump withdrew her ambassador nomination, only to suspend her campaign in December. In bowing out of the race, Stefanik announced she would retire from the House at the end of this Congress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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