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China “is intent on dominating the world economically, militarily, and technologically, and it is aggressively trying to ...

Hackers linked to Russia's government launched a cyberattack last spring against municipal water plants in rural Texas. At ...

In 2019 when John Ratcliffe was nominated to be Donald Trump ... supports bitcoin as a place for Texas to invest public dollars. Hard pass. Yes, its volatility makes bitcoin an unacceptable ...

A third federal judge has temporarily blocked some deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney entered a temporary order that bars the Trump administration from ...

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WASHINGTON — CIA Director John Ratcliffe emphasized the looming military ... are steadfastly focused on our mission,” the former Texas congressman said. “For decades, CIA has known nothing ...

The determination is the most comprehensive assessment to date undercutting the president’s rationale for deporting suspected ...

The United States Senate voted 74-25 to confirm John Ratcliffe as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Ratcliffe is a former Texas congressman who also previously served in Trump's ...

The US Senate has confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director ... the nation’s premier spy agency. The Texas Republican is a former federal prosecutor who emerged as a fierce Trump defender ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he would appoint John Ratcliffe ... as a federal prosecutor in Texas, a job he held before joining Congress. Ratcliffe said in a statement ...