Trump’s intel chief ends election security briefings to Hill

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has ended all in-person election security briefings to Congress just weeks before Americans cast their ballots for president. The top U.S. intelligence official, National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe, sent letters to Congress on Saturday telling lawmakers that they now will be receiving only written updates about election security to help ensure the information “is not misunderstood nor politicized.” Other lawmakers joined inde