Jay Clayton, President Trump's nominee for Director of National Intelligence, is set to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday [CBS News]. The hearing follows President Trump's earlier request last month to postpone the process until a replacement was confirmed for Clayton's prior role as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and to allow Bill Pulte to serve temporarily as acting intelligence chief [CBS News]. Democrats had withheld support for extending the Section 702 warrantless surveillance program, prompting Senate Republicans to link the nomination timeline to reauthorization efforts [CBS News].