In 2012, Tulsi Gabbard was seen as the future of the Democratic party. She gave a headline speech at the convention nominating Barack Obama for his second term. Pelosi praised her. Vogue deemed her the next “Democratic Party star.”

Watch the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on President Trump’s nominee for national intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard

Gabbard's career was once defined by championing progressive causes but has since pivoted to sharp criticism of Democrats.

In 2015, Gabbard was part of a congressional trip led by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., to the Turkish-Syrian border to see the impact of the war. As part of that trip, they visited Gaziantep, where civilians from Syria were receiving medical treatment across the border in Turkey.

Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence disregarded U.S. assessments of chemical weapons attacks and instead looked to contested academic research.

Sir John Sawers raised concerns on Saturday about Gabbard's nomination to lead the U.S. intelligence community.

Scores of people are feared dead after the crash of a passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter. Confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's cabinet picks continue on Thursday. Rapper A$AP Rocky is in a Los Angeles courthouse fighting two felony charges that he fired a handgun at a former friend.

Former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard could face tough questions in US Senate confirmation hearings over past controversies.

A Gabbard spokesperson told Axios that Gabbard "had not yet put her seal of approval" on the version initially shared with the committee.

Tulsi Gabbard fought back against what she called “smears,” declaring she is nobody’s “puppet” before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

It’s Gabbard’s comments, however, that have posed the biggest challenge to her confirmation. Gabbard has repeatedly echoed Russian propaganda used to justify the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine and criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a corrupt autocrat.