Sen. Mark Warner says he hopes Senate can confirm Trump's DNI pick "this week"

Washington — Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said on Sunday that he's hopeful the Senate can confirm President Trump's new nominee for director of national intelligence this week, amid an impasse over the president's controversial pick to serve as acting intelligence chief that resulted in the expiration of a key spy authority late last week. "We will get Clayton, I hope, confirmed as quickly as possible. …