The government cuts ordered by the Trump administration have hit the C.I.A. Some officers hired in the last two years have been summoned to a location away from the agency’s headquarters in Langley, Va., and asked to surrender their credentials to security personnel, according to three people briefed on the firings. The firings are designed
The C.I.A. director John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that intelligence sharing with Ukraine had been paused alongside military aid to pressure its government to cooperate with the Trump administration’s plans to end the country’s war with Russia. Speaking on Fox Business, Mr. Ratcliffe applauded the Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelensky’s statement on Tuesday praising President Trump
A federal district judge on Thursday allowed the C.I.A. director, John Ratcliffe, to fire intelligence officers who had worked on diversity issues, a decision that could clear the path for the termination of other employees at the spy agency. Speaking from the bench, Judge Anthony J. Trenga said he would have ruled differently if the
The C.I.A. has moved to dismiss an unspecified number of officers who were working on recruiting and diversity issues, according to former officials, in what would be one of the largest mass firings in the agency’s history. The possible purge of the officers comes as the agency moves to comply with the spirit of President
The United States has stepped up secret drone flights over Mexico to hunt for fentanyl labs, part of the Trump administration’s more aggressive campaign against drug cartels, according to U.S. officials. The covert drone program, which has not been previously disclosed, began under the Biden administration, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the
The C.I.A. has said for years that it did not have enough information to conclude whether the Covid pandemic emerged naturally from a wet market in Wuhan, China, or from an accidental leak at a research lab there. But the agency issued a new assessment this week, with analysts saying they now favor the lab
The Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe on Thursday to serve as the director of the C.I.A., installing him atop the spy agency that he has pledged to make more aggressive. The vote was 74 to 25, and 20 Democrats joined all Republicans present in confirming him. The support Mr. Ratcliffe received from Democrats reflects the evolution
John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for C.I.A. director, is set to offer his vision for a more aggressive spy agency as he fields questions from senators on Wednesday about his intelligence priorities and ability to deliver unvarnished assessments. Mr. Ratcliffe’s confirmation is all but assured, and he is likely to be voted on