(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 former Texas lawmaker and prosecutor was Trump's national intelligence director in his first term. He vowed to reject White House political pressure ...

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

A Senate Democrat is blocking a streamlined process to vote on Trump's nominees, forcing the Senate to take lengthy ...

Senate leaders are pushing ahead with a series of votes on President Trump’s Cabinet nominees, looking to confirm an initial ...