WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Thursday to confirm John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director, approving the second high-level appointment for the new Trump administration.

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

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) moved a step closer to leading the Department of Homeland Security as the Senate voted on Friday to advance her to a final confirmation vote. Senators voted

President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and more. Trump can be expected to talk more about his economic agenda when he takes to the world stage -- speaking virtually to the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

Another pick, John Ratcliffe for CIA director ... voted to move the nominations of Hegseth and Ratcliffe. And the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee advanced nominees Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary and Russell Vought as director ...

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 to be approved by the upper chamber.

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

John Ratcliffe previously served as the Director of National Intelligence, confirmed as the Director of the CIA to serve in US President Donald Trump's administration.

Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, appears before ... of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe. The Senate will next vote Monday ...

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 ...

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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.