WASHINGTON — Former Texas congressman John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, vowed to make the agency more muscular while keeping its work apolitical during his nomination hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday.

The former Texas congressman said the CIA needed to return to its core missions following criticism from Donald Trump the agency was politically biased.

Trump's former director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, is set to have his confirmation hearing as Trump's pick for director of the CIA on Wednesday.

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FOX 7 Austin's chief political reporter Rudy Koski and our panel of analysts take a look at the top stories in Texas politics from this week.

The CIA now believes that COVID-19 most likely originated from a lab, but cited "low confidence" in its new assessment. (AP) A Department of Labor investigation on insurance coverage of mental health care revealed broad noncompliance and an "alarming" rate of ghost networks.

Many people who have studied what’s been released so far say the public shouldn’t anticipate any earth-shattering revelations, but there is still intense interest in details related to the

Along with this week's roll call votes, the House also passed a bill (H.R. 207), to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a task force regarding shark depredation.

The agency said it has “low confidence” in its judgment and that it would continue evaluating new intelligence reporting.

Republicans kept the Senate working Saturday to install the latest member of Trump’s national security team on a 59-34 vote.

While many files on John F Kennedy's assassination have been released over the years, it's thought that around 3,000 records are still to be released