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

The former Texas lawmaker and prosecutor was Trump's national intelligence director in his first term. He vowed to reject ...

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

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet.

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.

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

The new director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) becomes the second Cabinet member of US President Donald Trump's ...

John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing ...