Millions of documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas have already been made public, but President Donald Trump has ordered the release of thousands of still-classified files.

On November 22, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine and defector to the Soviet Union, fired three shots from a sixth-floor window of the Texas School Book Depository, striking President Kennedy as his motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza in Dallas.

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.

Republicans and Democrats praised the former lawmaker and intelligence official, who vowed not to use political loyalty tests at the CIA.

Trump issued a flurry of executive orders and proclamations during his first few days back in the White House.

Ratcliffe, 59, is the first person to have served as both director of national intelligence and chief of the CIA.

Gov. Greg Abbott, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, business leaders and Texans tabbed for President Donald Trump’s cabinet gathered in Washington last weekend to discuss the new administration.

"To the brave CIA officers listening around the world ... essentially went to the proposition of doing what would please Donald Trump,” he said. “Unfortunately, his actions as head of national ...

The US Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee John Ratcliffe as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), making him the second Cabinet member of Trump's administration.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet. Ratcliffe was director of national intellig ...