US Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA

John Ratcliffe is the new director of the CIA (John McDonnell/AP)

The US Senate has confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet.

Mr Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Mr Trump’s first term and is the first person to have held that position and the top post at the CIA, the nation’s premier spy agency.