Civic term
Director of National Intelligence
Also written as: DNI
What it means
The head of the intelligence community and the President's principal intelligence adviser, a Senate-confirmed post created after the September 11 attacks. Oversees the agencies rather than directly running them.
Definition drawn from law.cornell.edu · last verified 2026-08-18
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How it's being covered
335 stories in Sift's index, from 26 outlets.
Filed 2026-04-02 — 2026-09-25.
Counts stories whose headline or summary uses the term, plus stories where Sift's own reading notes flagged it — many pieces turn on a term they never spell out in the headline.
Across the spectrum
- Left112 stories
- Center114 stories
- Right106 stories
Positions are AllSides' published ratings, shown for the outlets that filed these stories. 3 stories are counted in the total above but not placed here — either the outlet has no published rating, or Sift has not yet matched the name it files under to a dossier.
Who's covering it
- The HillCenter 77
- CBS NewsLean Left 52
- Washington ExaminerLean Right 49
- Fox NewsLean Right 22
- The GuardianLean Left 19
- PBS NewsHourCenter 16
- New York PostRight 14
- The Daily WireRight 12
- The New York TimesLean Left 12
- PoliticoLean Left 9
- The Washington PostLean Left 8
- AxiosCenter 7
- The Daily CallerRight 7
- ABC NewsLean Left 6
- CNBCCenter 5
- NPRCenter 4
- Bloomberg NewsCenter 3
- The AtlanticLean Left 3
- BBC NewsCenter 2
- VoxLeft 2
- Deadline1
- ReasonLean Right 1
- Rolling Stone1
- The Dispatch1
- The InterceptLeft 1
- The Washington TimesLean Right 1
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