The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director ... and that Russia, Iran, North Korea and drug cartels, hacking gangs and terrorist organizations also pose challenges to national ...

The Department of Justice says it will "vigorously defend" Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship, after it was temporarily blocked in a federal court earlier today.

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead America’s premier spy agency and his second nominee to win Senate approval.

The GOP-controlled Senate voted 74–25 to confirm Ratcliffe, with many Democrats joining Republicans in voting for the former congressman after the chamber easily advanced Ratcli

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The US Senate has confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet. Mr Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Mr Trump’s first term and is the first person to have held that position and the top post at the CIA, the nation’s premier spy agency.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed former Texas Congressman John Ratcliffe to serve as the next director of the CIA on Thursday.

Donald Trump’s Department of Defense nominee, Pete Hegseth, barely won Senate confirmation Friday night, overcoming damning evidence of sexual abuse and alcohol-induced debauchery. It took newly-inaugurated Vice President JD Vance rushing to the Senate floor to cast a tie-breaking vote to salvage Hegseth’s nomination after former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell cast a stunning “no” vote against Hegseth,

A judge ordered an immediate temporary block to one of Donald Trump's executive orders which sought to deny birthright citizenship to children of undocumented migrants. Four states - Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon - had asked the district court to block the order while the federal court considers the states' legal challenge.

The Senate approved Ratcliffe, former director of national intelligence (DNI) during Trump's first term, in a 74-25 vote, according to reports. In November, Trump tapped him to lead the CIA, portraying him as a "warrior for truth and honesty."

A former federal prosecutor and Texas Republican, Ratcliffe gained prominence as a congressman as a staunch defender of Trump.