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

"As I’ve repeatedly said, Senate Republicans are ready to work as long as needed to confirm President Trump’s nominees. Nights. Weekends. Recesses," Thune wrote on the social media platform, X.

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,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -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.

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A former CIA analyst pleaded guilty to leaking classified documents about Israel’s preparations to attack Iran late-last year, according to the Department of Justice.

A CIA employee who was accused of leaking classified documents about Israel's plans to strike Iran pleaded guilty on Friday to criminal charges that he willfully retained and transmitted national defense information,

President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has sidelined about 160 National Security Council aides, sending them home while the administration reviews staffing and tries to align it with Trump’s agenda,

The project is said to be written by Dick Wolf himself as well as FBI: Most Wanted showrunner David Hudgins, Nicole Perlman of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu and Guardians of the Galaxy fame, and former CIA officer David Chasteen. The lead characters have yet to be cast.

Netflix's 2025 film Back in Action is full of all kinds of exciting action sequences, and here are the best fights, chases, and plane crashes.