Former CIA Senior Operations Officer Rick de la Torre reacts to President Donald Trump’s executive order declassifying documents involving the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, former Attorney General Robert Kennedy and civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.

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,

Former CIA Senior Operations Officer Rick de la Torre says it’s in Panama’s best economic and security interest for the United States to take back control of the Panama Canal. He also talks about China’s growing footprint in the Panama region and how their control of the canal threatens U.

A former federal prosecutor and Texas Republican, Ratcliffe gained prominence as a staunch defender of Trump as a congressman.

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.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed former Texas Congressman John Ratcliffe to serve as the next director of the CIA on Thursday.

The Senate is poised to confirm John Ratcliffe as CIA director on Thursday as Republicans work to approve officials to the top posts in his administration amid delays by Democrats.

Ratcliffe, Trump’s former director of national intelligence, sought to reassure senators that he would remain apolitical in his role as CIA director.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed a second member of President Trump's cabinet, CIA Director John Ratcliffe. But the confirmation process hasn't been as easy for his other nominees.

A federal judge temporarily blocked the president's effort to end birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional" after multiple states tried to stop it in court. On Capitol Hill, though,

The executive order Trump signed Thursday also aims to declassify the remaining federal records relating to the assassinations of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The order is among a flurry of executive actions Trump has quickly taken the first week of his second term.