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

The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed President Donald Trump’s choice of John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA, but Democrats continued to draw out ...

Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, on Wednesday called Democrat efforts to hold up ...

Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth narrowly earned enough Republican support to clear a key Senate hurdle and is now all but assured confirmation.

President Trump said he is open to using recess appointments to get his Cabinet appointees confirmed if delays keep emerging in the Senate.

The tactics are reminiscent of the ones taken the first time Trump entered the White House. At the time, Democrats homed in ...

Donald Trump returned to power as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, saying in his second inaugural address ...

Trump’s first confirmed cabinet appointment, Rubio entered the department through its main entrance to loud applause and ...

Donald Trump began his first day as the 47th president of the United States with a dizzying display of force, signing a ...

John Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump's first term and is the first person to have held that position and the top post at the CIA.

The Senate voted 74 to 25 to confirm John Ratcliffe, President Trump’s former intelligence director, as director of the C.I.A.