John Ratcliffe
John Ratcliffe is a former Texas congressman who became CIA director in 2025.
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The earliest story we hold is from Feb 14, 2022.
Stories involving John Ratcliffe0 named stories in 2025
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Week of Nov 24, 2025 - Nov 30, 2025: 0 left, 1 center, 3 right, 3% of the sources that published that week · 4 articles
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| Jan 13, 2025 - Jan 19, 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4% |
| Jan 20, 2025 - Jan 26, 2025 | 19 | 35 | 24 | 193 | 35% |
| Jan 27, 2025 - Feb 2, 2025 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | under 1% |
| Feb 3, 2025 - Feb 9, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Feb 10, 2025 - Feb 16, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Feb 17, 2025 - Feb 23, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Feb 24, 2025 - Mar 2, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 3, 2025 - Mar 9, 2025 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 6% |
| Mar 10, 2025 - Mar 16, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 17, 2025 - Mar 23, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 24, 2025 - Mar 30, 2025 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 81 | 18% |
| Mar 31, 2025 - Apr 6, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 7, 2025 - Apr 13, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 14, 2025 - Apr 20, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 21, 2025 - Apr 27, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 28, 2025 - May 4, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 5, 2025 - May 11, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 12, 2025 - May 18, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 19, 2025 - May 25, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 26, 2025 - Jun 1, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 2, 2025 - Jun 8, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 9, 2025 - Jun 15, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 16, 2025 - Jun 22, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 23, 2025 - Jun 29, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 30, 2025 - Jul 6, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jul 7, 2025 - Jul 13, 2025 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 6% |
| Jul 14, 2025 - Jul 20, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jul 21, 2025 - Jul 27, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jul 28, 2025 - Aug 3, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aug 4, 2025 - Aug 10, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aug 11, 2025 - Aug 17, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aug 18, 2025 - Aug 24, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aug 25, 2025 - Aug 31, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 1, 2025 - Sep 7, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 8, 2025 - Sep 14, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 15, 2025 - Sep 21, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 22, 2025 - Sep 28, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 29, 2025 - Oct 5, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 6, 2025 - Oct 12, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 13, 2025 - Oct 19, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 20, 2025 - Oct 26, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 27, 2025 - Nov 2, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nov 3, 2025 - Nov 9, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nov 10, 2025 - Nov 16, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nov 17, 2025 - Nov 23, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nov 24, 2025 - Nov 30, 2025 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3% |
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Whole record, all years we hold
42 left · 49 center · 41 right: 132 sources on the spectrum, across 20 linked stories.
Everything else9 updates in 2025 not part of any story, newest first
Updates about John Ratcliffe that are not part of any story yet
- Jan 23– 24Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA, giving Trump his second Cabinet member35 articles · 27 sources8 left, 10 center, 9 right
- Jan 15John Ratcliffe, Trump’s CIA pick, tells senators the agency is ‘not where we’re supposed to be’8 articles · 8 sources2 left, 2 center, 4 right
Stories that name John Ratcliffe
- Nov 27National Guard shooting suspect worked with CIA, director says5 articles · 5 sources0 left, 1 center, 3 right
- Jul 9FBI launches criminal investigations of John Brennan, James Comey: DOJ sources18 articles · 12 sources3 left, 1 center, 8 right
- Mar 25– 26US intelligence officials to appear at House hearing after Senate grilling over leaked military plan26 articles · 12 sources2 left, 7 center, 3 right
- Mar 25– 26The Atlantic releases the entire Signal chat showing Hegseth's detailed attack plans against Houthis61 articles · 38 sources9 left, 16 center, 8 right
- Mar 5Trump officials say US paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine but signal it may not last long after fiery meeting16 articles · 14 sources5 left, 4 center, 3 right
- Jan 25– 26Senate confirms Noem as Trump's homeland security secretary105 articles · 68 sources16 left, 29 center, 21 right
- Jan 25– 27The CIA believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding59 articles · 37 sources6 left, 23 center, 6 right