Alex Ossola

The whistleblower complaint is so highly classified that it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress.

Since it was filed last May, the complaint has prompted a behind-the-scenes struggle about how to assess and handle it.

For example, the complaint is said to be locked in a safe, and one official said that disclosure of its contents could damage national security.

The whistleblower's lawyer has accused Gabbard of stonewalling the complaint.

Gabbard's office rejects that characterization and has dismissed the complaint as quote, baseless and politically motivated.

A representative for the intelligence community's inspector general said the office had determined specific allegations against Gabbard weren't credible.

And we have three more updates from Washington.

The president said today that the U.S.

has agreed to cut tariffs on India to 18 percent from 50 percent and that India has agreed to stop buying Russian oil.

A deal between the U.S.

and India would end a months-long saga of trade negotiations and tariffs that strain the relationship between the two.

The Trump administration is creating a roughly $12 billion stockpile of rare earths and critical minerals, such as gallium and cobalt.

It's meant to help U.S.

manufacturers navigate shortages and make them less reliant on China.

The stockpile, called Project Vault, would be similar to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a government stash of oil created to guard against supply issues.

And people familiar with the matter say officials from the U.S.

and Iran are planning to meet in Turkey on Friday.

Trump and Iranian leaders have expressed a willingness to talk in recent days, cracking open a window for diplomacy as the U.S.

gathers military forces in the region and Trump warns of a strike if negotiators fail.

The White House didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.