The Texas representative’s nomination will go to the full Senate after receiving approval from the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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Race to replace U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe gathers steam as Republican activists set date to pick his likely successor
The Heath Republican is on track to be confirmed as the director of national intelligence, which would create a vacancy in his solidly red district.
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In confirmation hearing for intelligence director, U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe promises he “won’t shade the intelligence”
President Donald Trump has nominated the congressman from Texas to oversee the nation’s 17 intelligence agencies.
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Donald Trump to nominate U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe to become director of national intelligence
Ratcliffe was previously considered for the role but withdrew his name after he was accused of exaggerating parts of his biography, like his role as the leader of an immigration crackdown while he was a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Texas.
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U.S. Rep. Ratcliffe emerges as strong defender of Trump during public hearing on impeachment
See what the Texans in Congress are asking the witnesses in today’s public impeachment inquiry hearing.
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Analysis: A small, but ill-timed exodus of Texas Republicans from Congress
Three Texas Republicans have announced they won’t seek reelection in 2020, and that will probably turn out to be an incomplete roster of retirees. It couldn’t come at a better time for Democrats hoping to have a hand in redistricting the state’s congressional delegation in 2021.
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U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe will not become director of national intelligence
President Donald Trump tweeted the news Friday afternoon.
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Trump’s pick to lead U.S. intelligence claims he arrested 300 undocumented immigrants in a single day. He didn’t.
John Ratcliffe claimed that as acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas in 2008, he led an immigration raid on poultry plants. Others involved in the case say he inflated his role and the raid’s scale.
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U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe to replace Dan Coats as national intelligence director
President Donald Trump is said to have been pleased by the Texas Republican’s admonishment of former special counsel Robert Mueller in last week’s House Judiciary Committee hearing.