President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe as his nominee for director of the Central Intelligence Agency on November 12, 2024. This ...

He has offered a vision for a more aggressive spy agency, and his focus on the threat from China is widely shared by Republican and Democratic lawmakers.

As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged him back ...

Jeff Bezos blocked an editorial in the Washington Post last year that endorsed Kamala Harris’s run for the presidency, and ...

John Ratcliffe, US president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for director of the CIA, pledged on Wednesday that, should he be ...

John Ratcliffe, Donald Trump's pick for director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), believes that Russia's war against ...

Senators will grill Trump's choices to lead the Justice, State, Transportation and Energy departments,as well as the CIA and ...

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, survived an at times contentious hearing while declining to say if Joe ...

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday will question President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA on his vision for ...

During his four years at the helm of the Central Intelligence Agency, William Burns has witnessed firsthand a dizzying number of international crises. Early in his tenure, in the summer of 2021 ...

William Burns: I've had a couple of conversations with my successor — with John Ratcliffe — and I'm not sure he needs my free advice, I think… Kelly: But you must have picked up a tip or two ...

So, what's your best advice to your successor on how to handle him? William Burns: I've had a couple of conversations with my successor — with John Ratcliffe — and I'm not sure he needs my free advice ...