WASHINGTON — 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.

President Trump's nominees for top posts in his administration are gearing up for their Senate confirmation hearings, which kicked off earlier this month.

Former Congressman John Ratcliffe is the nation's new CIA director after the Senate voted 74-25 in favor of his confirmation on Thursday.

Republicans kept the Senate working Saturday to install the latest member of Trump’s national security team on a 59-34 vote.

"It is such an honor to be sworn in as the United States Secretary of Homeland Security," she said ... Former Illinois Rep. John Ratcliffe became the newest CIA director following a confirmation vote Thursday. And Pete Hegseth was confirmed as defense ...

Kristi Noem will be the nation’s next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security after ... CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. States Newsroom’s D.C. Bureau ...

joining Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe. NBC Universal, Inc. The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota ...

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland ... s national security team on a 59-34 vote. Defense Secretary Hegseth was also confirmed in a dramatic tie-breaking vote Friday night, joining Secretary of State Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.

The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on Inauguration Day.

Rubio said Trump’s primary priority will be furthering the United States’ interests ... of Hegseth and Ratcliffe. And the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee advanced nominees Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary and Russell ...

Pete Hegseth was confirmed as defense secretary late Friday by the U.S. Senate after Vice President JD Vance broke a 50-50 tie as Senate president.

President Donald Trump's executive order authorized 2,500 federalized National Guardsmen to be deployed to the active duty mission. As of Thursday, the National Guard has over 1,600 Guardsmen supporting the federal border security mission, according to the statement.