WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Thursday to confirm John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director under President Donald Trump, approving the second high-level appointment for the new administration.

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

Wyoming U.S. Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis helped push through a group of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks Thursday. Nominees to for ...

Barrasso Defends Trump Nominees, Accuses Dems Of Using ‘Desperate Playbook Of Distract And Delay’ During remarks on the Senate floor, Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) spoke about the confirmation process of ...

The tactics are reminiscent of the ones taken the first time Trump entered the White House. At the time, Democrats homed in ...

President Donald Trump has defended his decision to pardon people convicted of assaulting police officers during the attack on the Capitol.

Trump’s pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency is John Ratcliffe, who formerly served as Director of National ...

Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, on Wednesday called Democrat efforts to hold up ...

President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has sidelined about 160 National Security Council staffers, telling them ...

White House national security adviser Mike Waltz has ordered a “full review” of personnel at the National Security Council ...

President Donald Trump kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and ...