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.

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday easily confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, John ... and the White House changed hands on Monday. Ratcliffe ...

WASHINGTON — Former Texas congressman John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, vowed to make the agency more muscular while keeping its work apolitical during his nomination hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday.

No president has ever exercised this constitutional power, but "this remains a significant possibility in the eyes of the White House," one source said.

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director ... and Trump’s White House lists Ratcliffe as a Cabinet member. Trump and other Republicans have criticized ...

Ratcliffe, Trump’s former director of national intelligence, sought to reassure senators that he would remain apolitical in his role as CIA director.

Ratcliffe, who served as director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term, is a former federal prosecutor and conservative member of Congress representing a district in Texas.

Texans have been tapped to run the CIA, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture.

Five days after assuming the White House, President Donald Trump is racking up a number of wins and losses after issuing a flurry of executive orders. On Friday, he travels to disaster-hit states of North Carolina and California while new developments play out over his immigration policy and cabinet confirmations.

John Ratcliffe has been confirmed to lead the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) after the Senate confirmed his appointment. Notably, this is the second major appointment under the second Trump administration after Marco Rubio was appointed the US Secretary of State,

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director ... William Burns, and Trump's White House lists Ratcliffe as a Cabinet member. Trump and other Republicans have ...

Staying in power longer than legally allowed is a pipe dream that Trump has already mused about several times. In a private meeting with the House Republican conference in November, the 78-year-old openly joked about running for a third term, telling the crowd that they could “figure something else out.”