The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead America's premier ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Thursday to confirm John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director, approving the second high-level ...

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

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.

The Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director on Thursday as Republicans work to approve officials to the top posts in his administration amid delays by Democrats.

Ratcliffe, 59, is the first person to have served as both director of national intelligence and chief of the CIA.

John Ratcliffe and his wife Michele smile as Vice ... questions about Ratcliffe’s ability to lead the CIA objectively, Republicans hailed his experience and said they looked forward to ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director ... that position and the top post at the CIA. The Texas Republican is a former federal prosecutor who emerged ...

The Texas Republican is a former federal prosecutor ... The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director ... forced the Senate's Republican leaders to postpone Ratcliffe's confirmation vote, which originally was ...