Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate ...

The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director ... the nation’s premier spy agency. The Texas Republican is a former federal prosecutor who emerged as a fierce Trump defender ...

China “is intent on dominating the world economically, militarily, and technologically, and it is aggressively trying to ...

A Democratic congressman accused CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Director ... Joaquin Castro (D-TX) called out Gabbard and Ratcliffe’s testimony from the day before — in light of the newly ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he would appoint John Ratcliffe ... as a federal prosecutor in Texas, a job he held before joining Congress. Ratcliffe said in a statement ...

The United States Senate voted 74-25 to confirm John Ratcliffe as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Ratcliffe is a former Texas congressman who also previously served in Trump's ...

John Ratcliffe, promised the Senate Intelligence Committee that he and the agency would increase the focus on China during his confirmation hearing Wednesday. Ratcliffe, a former Texas ...

The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence ... surveillance of foreign targets. The former Texas congressman also indicated plans to “drill down” on ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday easily confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, John Ratcliffe ... congressman from Texas also vowed to hire ...