Former CIA Director John Ratcliffe sparked controversy after making a statement suggesting that COVID-19 may have originated in a lab in China. His remarks have ignited a wave of shock and debate across the U.

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) now believes that the COVID-19 virus originated from a lab in China, The New York Times reported on Saturday. Five years after Chinese authorities first confirmed a novel coronavirus was spreading in Wuhan,

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate confirms John Ratcliffe as CIA director. Pete Hegseth’s ex-wife recently gave a new statement to the FBI about the defense nominee’s alcohol use, according to two sources familiar with the matter, an issue that has become a source of controversy during his confirmation process.

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet. Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence ...

President Donald Trump fired the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday, removing the first woman to lead a branch of the American military. The Trump administration removed Admiral Linda Fagan, a four-star admiral who was sworn in in 2022.

Vice President JD Vance has sworn in John Ratcliffe as the nation's CIA director, shortly after the Senate confirmed Ratcliffe on a vote of 74-25. Ratcliffe was President Trump's Director of National Intelligence in his first term.

Trump’s pick to be director of the FBI, loyalist KASH PATEL, was already expected to have a much easier path to confirmation than director of national intelligence nominee TULSI GABBARD. Gabbard has faced a barrage of bad headlines in recent weeks, along with open expressions of doubt from Senate Republicans.

China and Russia look like the prime suspects for severed cables in the Baltic and Taiwan Strait, Beijing and the war in Ukraine, the tech race takes off, and much more.

FILE - Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe waits to board Marine One with President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Dec. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick ...

The fascist former Fox News commentator will now head the Pentagon and direct the day-to-day operations of the world’s largest military machine.

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — In his last full day in office, President Joe Biden awarded Cappy McGarr the National Medal of Arts. He is the co-creator of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.