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Some Republican senators are still hesitant about supporting Gabbard over past statements about Russia and a trip to Syria

Gabbard’s 2017 trip to Syria, where she met with authoritarian leader Bashar al-Assad, is expected to be a focus of questions from senators weighing her nomination to be director of national intelligence.

Photos document the moments leading up to Donald Trump being sworn in as the 47th U.S. president. TikTok will remain operational in the US for now after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to put a law banning the app on hold for at least 75 days.

The DNI must preserve the intelligence community’s independence and ensure its insights are valued, even under immense political pressure.

(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.

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

Tulsi Gabbard apparently covets her new job more than she covets her principles. Of what value is the Constitution if federal officials abandon it?

Ratcliffe assured the lawmakers that he would put the CIA’s mission first ... especially compared with Trump’s nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to head ODNI. Gabbard, a former congresswoman ...

Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump's pick to be director ... vastly greater than that which Nixon had ordered of the FBI and CIA in the 1970s. When Congress learned of the warrantless spying through ...

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.

Kash Patel to run the FBI? He “probably has a big misstep that is hanging over his head, but ultimately, he is in relatively good shape,” the member said, referring to Patel’s past penchant for compiling enemies’ lists and openly discussing legal vengeance.