Dan Coats expected to step down as intelligence chief

WASHINGTON — Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, is expected to step down in the coming days after spending his tenure at odds with President Donald Trump over issues including Russia and Trump’s own attacks on the intelligence community, people familiar with the decision said Sunday.
To replace him, the people said, the president was likely to tap Rep. John Ratcliffe, a Texas Republican and staunch defender of Trump. As a member of the House Judiciary Committee, he sha