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

[Read: The case of John Ashcroft] Getting to Washington would test Ratcliffe’s budding political skills. Ralph Hall, a conservative Democrat who switched to the GOP in 2004, had reliably represented ...

The Senate advanced John Ratcliffe’s nomination for Central Intelligence Agency director in a key test vote, effectively ...

The Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director on Thursday as Republicans work to approve officials to the top posts in ...

The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as director of the CIA, the second of President Trump’s nominees to earn the chamber’s approval.

The Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA Director on January 23, making him President Trump’s second nominee to win Senate ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune had called out Democratic Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy for delaying the vote on a “key national security position.” ...

He has offered a vision for a more aggressive spy agency, and his focus on the threat from China is widely shared by Republican and Democratic lawmakers.

John Ratcliffe was confirmed to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Thursday, making him the second of President Donald Trump's cabinet picks to secure their position.

Donald Trump will huddle with House Republicans at a GOP retreat on Monday. Keep up with live updates from the USA TODAY ...

Senate Republicans are steamrolling ahead on Pete Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Pentagon, and a new report detailing ...

Ratcliffe, Trump’s former director of national intelligence, sought to reassure senators that he would remain apolitical in his role as CIA director.