The Senate today 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 was director ...

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

The president is punishing a group of former officials for expressing an opinion he didn’t like.

The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Trump the second member of his new Cabinet. Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term ...