Senate confirms Ratcliffe as new CIA director

Politico.com - For more and to sign up click here The Senate voted by a wide margin Thursday to confirm John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director. The former Republican congressman and director of national intelligence was confirmed by a 74-25 vote. He faced only modest resistance from Senate Democrats, who had stalled Ratcliffe's nomination for days over concerns that he would politicize the agency’s work — as…