<h1>Director of National Intelligence orders major cuts: $700M annual budget reduction, staff cuts, narrowed foreign influence focus, 37 clearances revoked</h1> The Office of the Director of National Intelligence will sharply reduce staff and cut its budget by over $700 million annually as part of a reorganization the administration says will eliminate inefficiency, abuse, leaks and politicization within the intelligence community. The DNI will narrow priorities for the Foreign Malign Influence centre, de-emphasizing election-related activity it characterizes as censorial, and has revoked security clearances for 37 current and former officials. The changes align with broader administration downsizing of national security and cyber agencies and reflect a political dispute over prior intelligence findings on foreign interference in US elections.