John Ratcliffe, Trump's pick to lead the CIA, has worked for AI companies and defense contractors since his time in government

CIA nominee John Ratcliffe is telling senators about how he’ll reshape the intelligence community in what he calls "the most challenging national security environment in our nation’s history."

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.

Donald Trump’s pick to head the CIA, John Ratcliffe ... cadets’ brain activity while they are in training. Another AI company Ratcliffe has worked with is Shield AI. In 2022, the company ...

Donald Trump began his presidency with a dizzying display of force, signing a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his desire to remake American institutions.

John Ratcliffe would be one of the few national security officials from the first Trump administration to join the second

Donald Trump began his presidency with a dizzying display of force, signing a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his desire to remake American institutions while also pardoning nearly all of his supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

His first action after arriving at the White House was to pardon around 1,500 people charged in connection with the 6 January riots

President Trump's return to the White House brought an unprecedented wave of executive orders and policy changes, fundamentally altering federal operations

Trump’s administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden issued an executive order Thursday aimed at strengthening the nation's cybersecurity and making it easier to go after foreign adversaries or hacking groups that try to compromise U.S. internet and telecommunication systems.