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US Senate confirms John Ratcliffe

Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to be Trump's CIA director

The Senate voted Thursday to confirm John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director, approving the second high-level appointment for the new Trump administration. The vote was 74-25 in favor of Ratcliffe, a former congressman from Texas who was Trump’s director of national intelligence for the last eight months of his first term.

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The New Republic on MSN · 3d

Senate Confirms Next CIA Director With Penchant for QAnon

The Senate on Thursday confirmed former QAnon doomscroller John Ratcliffe to serve as Trump’s CIA director, 74–25. Ratcliffe, who served in Trump’s first administration as director of national intelligence, is a hard-line Trump loyalist with a penchant for conspiracy theories.

Boston Herald · 4d

NEWS BULLETIN: Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA; Senate advances Pete Hegseth as Trump’s defense secretary

The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead America’s premier spy agency and his second nominee to win Senate approval. 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.

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Murkowski to vote against Hegseth, first Republican to oppose a Trump cabinet pick

Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced Thursday she will vote against confirming Pete Hegseth to lead Pentagon, becoming the first ...

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Pete Hegseth, Trump's Pentagon pick, clears Senate test vote

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Thursday ...

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Recap: Court blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order; Senate advances Hegseth’s nomination

Senate leaders are pushing ahead with a series of votes on President Trump’s cabinet nominees, looking to confirm an initial batch by Friday. A vote on John Ratcliffe as CIA Director is ...

San Antonio Express-News4d

Sen. Lisa Murkowski to vote against Hegseth, first Republican to oppose a Trump Cabinet pick

Lisa Murkowski announced Thursday that she ... and it was on track to confirm John Ratcliffe as CIA director later Thursday. But Hegseth stands in a category of his own amid allegations that ...

The New York Times4d

New Administration Highlights: Judge Calls Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional’

Fifty-one Republicans supported advancing his nomination; Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski joined Democrats in opposition. Read more › Intelligence developments: John Ratcliffe was ...

Mediaite on MSN4d

‘Mitch McConnell Is In’: Fox News Reports On Ex-Host Pete Hegseth Clearing Key Vote Ahead of Likely Confirmation

"So that's the two senators that are out. Mitch McConnell is in as is all as are all the other senators in the conference." ...

The wins and losses of Trump's first week in office

Five days after assuming the White House, President Donald Trump is racking up a number of wins and losses after issuing a ...

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Live Updates: Trump’s Effort to Restrict Birthright Citizenship ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional,’ Judge Says

She joins Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, in voting against advancing his bid. John Ratcliffe at his confirmation hearing last week. Unlike some of President Trump’s picks for ...

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