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Senate confirms Jay Clayton as nation's intelligence director

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate has confirmed Jay Clayton to become head of the nation's intelligence agencies, putting a permanent director in place weeks after President Donald Trump sought to delay his nomination. Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, was confirmed 51-47 along party lines. Democrats have also expressed concerns about Clayton, who lost bipartisan support after a contentious hearing in which he repeatedly refused to say that former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election.