Senate committees on Thursday approved a handful of Trump Cabinet nominees setting them up for approval by the full chamber.
The Senate will vote today on John Ratcliffe's nomination to serve as director of the CIA. If senators approve his nomination, he will be the second member of Trump's team to be confirmed after Marco Rubio was sworn in as secretary of state earlier this week.
The US Senate approved John Ratcliffe as the new Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director on Thursday (Jan 23). He was officially sworn in by Vice President JD Vance, marking a significant appointment in President Donald Trump's administration.
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Thursday to confirm John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director under President Donald Trump, approving the second high-level appointment for the new administration.
The US Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe with overwhelming bipartisan support as director of the CIA, filling a key post in President Donald Trump's national security team.
Ratcliffe, Trump’s former director of national intelligence, sought to reassure senators that he would remain apolitical in his role as CIA director.
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.
Vice President JD Vance has sworn in John Ratcliffe as the nation's CIA director, shortly after the Senate confirmed Ratcliffe on a vote of 74-25.
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 presidential appointment requires Senate confirmation. The Senate ...
WASHINGTON — Former Long Island congressman Lee Zeldin moved a step closer to confirmation as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency after a Senate committee voted Thursday to recommend that the full Senate approve his nomination.