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

Ratcliffe said that if confirmed, he would push the CIA to do more to harness technologies such as AI and quantum computing while expanding use of human intelligence collection. Democrats raised ...

The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence Agency in overwhelming bipartisan fashion, making him the second member of President Trump’s national security team ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said he will establish a new select subcommittee that will probe the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — and likely dig into the now-defunct Jan. 6 select ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump likes the idea of “one, big beautiful bill" for his top legislative priorities, but he emerged from a lengthy closed-door meeting with Republican ...

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Two administrations and both parties are trying to avoid the consequences of a law nearly all of Congress supported.

Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Energy, right, talks with Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for energy secretary, oil company executive and technology innovator Chris Wright, sailed ...

New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew said “inflation” has so “ravaged” taxpayers since then that the SALT cap would have to “at ...