Senate confirms Ratcliffe to be Trump’s spy chief

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to be President Trump’s next spy chief. Senators voted 49-44 on Ratcliffe’s nomination to the director of national intelligence, a position that has been filled in an acting capacity since former DNI Dan Coats stepped down in August 2019.The vote is one of the final items on the Senate’s to-do list before the chamber leaves town for a week-long Memorial Day recess. And it comes…