President Donald Trump is pressing ahead with plans to slash staff at the top US spy agency, determined to act at a time when he’s openly challenged its director and rejected intelligence findings that contradict his public statements.

President Donald Trump suggested tracking down and prosecuting the leakers of a preliminary intelligence assessment of the damage inflicted by the recent U.S. strike on Iran. In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo,

President Trump said he would like to see those involved in leaking an intelligence report on Iran prosecuted, and suggested the government could go after reporters to unmask their sources. Why it matters: Trump and officials in his administration have railed against the media's coverage of the Defense Intelligence Agency's preliminary report on the U.