Sen. Tom Cotton is on course to lead the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee when the new Congress convenes in January, The Post has learned. Cotton (R-Ark.), an Army infantry officer who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars,

(Reuters) - Tom Cotton is set to be the chair of the U.S. Senate intelligence committee, Punchbowl News reporter Jake Sherman said in a post on social media platform X on Tuesday.

Tom Cotton is expected to become the next chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence after President-elect Donald Trump appoints current Vice Chairman Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to the role of secretary of state in his new administration.