Critics immediately tore into the former intel boss, with one calling him a “pathetic liar” about the laptop’s provenance.

Senate Democrats on Tuesday evening blocked the swift confirmation of John Ratcliffe, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead

The Senate is poised to confirm John Ratcliffe as CIA director on Thursday as Republicans work to approve officials to the top posts in his administration amid delays by Democrats.

The Senate advanced John Ratcliffe’s nomination for Central Intelligence Agency director in a key test vote, effectively guaranteeing he will be confirmed in a final vote later Thursday.

Jim Rickards, a renowned economist, former financial advisor to the CIA, White House, and Pentagon, and chief global macro strategist at Paradigm Press, is warning Americans about an imminent financial crisis driven by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

Spy Chat The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been stepping up its efforts to keep up with advances in AI — and has developed a particularly spy-tastic way of using chatbots. As the New York Times reports,

The U.S. Senate is expected to hold a confirmation vote on Tuesday on John Ratcliffe, President Donald Trump's nominee for CIA Director, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said.

Former Director of the CIA, John Brennan, joins Andrea Mitchell to address the recent executive orders by President Trump including revoking the security clearances of former intelligence officers.

President Donald Trump has reportedly threatened to adjourn Congress so that he may make recess appointments. “Trump most recently raised the prospect of … [adjourning Congress] during […]

In a big win for the surveillance state, Trump is attacking one of the government's only internal oversight agencies.

Meanwhile, Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth will face a test vote in the Senate that may indicate whether fresh allegations about this personal conduct that surfaced this week are enough to stop his confirmation.