John Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump's first term and is the first person to have held that position and the top post at the CIA.

Ratcliffe faced a brief delay to his nomination from Democrats questioning his independence from President Donald Trump.

The Senate voted to confirm John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director approving the second high-level appointment for the Trump administration.

“You're going to need to share your experience and your wisdom with the nominees for FBI and director of national security,” Republican Senator John Cornyn told Ratcliffe, “because we've had ...

WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA signaled substantial changes are in store for America’s premier spy agency, t

The Trump cabinet is taking shape as Republicans rush to confirm key nominees, but Democrats are raising concerns about some of the picks and working to slow the process.

Some Senate Republicans have asked about a powerful spy authority in the confirmation process for picks for key national security roles.

Texans have been tapped to run the CIA, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture.

President Donald Trump just signed an executive order to declassify files relating to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "That's a big one," Trump said. He added that people have "been waiting for this for years."

The Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, making him President Trump's second cabinet member. Ratcliffe plans to enhance the CIA's use of technology to counter threats like Russia and China while safeguarding civil rights.

The U.S. Senate formally confirmed John Ratcliffe as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Jan. 23. Ratcliffe, who served as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence during part of Trump's first term in office,