<h1>Director of National Intelligence slashes workforce over 40% and cuts budget $700M, reshaping foreign-influence and cybersecurity units</h1> The Director of National Intelligence announced a reorganization that will reduce the office's workforce by over 40% and cut its budget by more than $700 million annually, including de facto termination of the Foreign Malign Influence Center and integration of its functions into other agencies; the administration has also revoked numerous security clearances and declassified documents challenging prior intelligence judgments. The changes, framed as efficiency and anti-politicization measures, realign election-influence work amid broader cuts to cybersecurity and foreign-influence units. Congressional response split along party lines, with Republican leaders endorsing the downsizing and Democratic leaders warning of potential weakening of national security and pledging rigorous oversight.