WASHINGTON—The Senate voted largely along party lines to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as the director of national intelligence, after she overcame skepticism from Republicans about whether she was the right person for the post.

Senate Republicans on Wednesday confirmed one of President Donald Trump's most controversial Cabinet nominees, Tulsi Gabbard, to become the nation's director of National Intelligence.

Tulsi Gabbard was sworn in as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence on Wednesday shortly after she was confirmed by the Senate, where Republicans who had initially questioned her experience and judgment fell in line behind her nomination.