The U.S. Senate confirms John Ratcliffe as the new director of the CIA. Read about his priorities for the agency.

John Ratcliffe, former director of national intelligence during President Trump's first term, has been confirmed by the Senate to lead the CIA — the first person to have held both jobs.

The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet. Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump’s ...

We’re quickly approaching the fourth weekend of 2025. And the Senate is already running behind. This could trigger weekend Senate sessions as Senate Republicans try to accelerate the process on some ...

Ratcliffe said that if confirmed, he would push the CIA to do more to harness technologies such as AI and quantum computing while expanding use of human intelligence collection. Democrats raised ...

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order that aims to restrict automatic citizenship to babies ...

A federal judge Thursday temporarily blocked the president's executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.

Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian militants who carried out a deadly attack on a bus in the West Bank earlier this ...

As Senate confirmation hearings begin, here's the latest on who in the Trump administration has, will or doesn't need to be ...

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe as his nominee for director of the Central Intelligence Agency on November 12, 2024. This ...

Trump’s first confirmed cabinet appointment, Rubio entered the department through its main entrance to loud applause and ...

Every four years, the Texas State Society of Washington hosts thousands of Texans for a ball the night before the ...