US Senate Republicans on Tuesday confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee, Manhattan US Attorney Jay Clayton, to be the nation's top spy, despite opposition from Democrats.

US Senate Republicans on Tuesday confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee, Manhattan US Attorney Jay Clayton, to be the nation's top spy, despite opposition from Democrats. Link US Senate confirms Trump's nominee Clayton as Director of National Intelligence, nation's top spy Clayton's hearing earlier this month at times erupted into shouting, as Clayton insisted to several Democratic senators that he was not an election denier.