Trump withdrew his nomination of Rep. John Ratcliffe as questions emerged about Ratcliffe's qualifications to be Director of National Intelligence.

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Trump had previously tapped Ratcliffe but backtracked amid bipartisan blowback. President Donald Trump announced Friday he would nominate GOP Rep. John Ratcliffe of Texas to serve as director of ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed former Texas Congressman John Ratcliffe to serve as the next director of the CIA on Thursday. Ratcliffe represented the 4th Congressional District from 2015 to ...

The Senate's full approval of Ratcliffe came after a 14-3 vote by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday evening, which advanced Ratcliffe's nomination to the Senate floor Thursday. Ratcliffe ...

Vice President JD Vance swears in John Ratcliffe, with his wife Michele (R), as director of the Central Intelligence Agency during a ceremony in the Vice President's ceremonial office in Washington, D ...

The 91-year-old Texas Republican who is the oldest-ever member of the U.S. House has been ousted in a primary runoff. Little-known Republican primary challenger John Ratcliffe defeated Rep. Ralph Hall ...

The president has been working to install Ratcliffe since last summer. The Senate has confirmed Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, to serve as Director of National Intelligence, a role President Donald ...

WASHINGTON - The Senate intelligence committee on Tuesday approved the nomination of Texas GOP Rep. John Ratcliffe to be director of national intelligence, sending the nomination to the Senate floor ...

WASHINGTON Former Texas congressman John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, vowed to make the agency more muscular while keeping its work apolitical during his nomination ...