I think the US Conference of Catholic Bishops has, frankly, not been a good partner in common sense immigration enforcement,” JD Vance said.

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Thursday to confirm John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director, approving the second high-level appointment for the new Trump administration.

Vice President JD Vance questioned the motives of the U.S. bishops' criticism of President Donald Trump's new immigration policies in a Jan. 26 interview

With Vice President JD Vance and other allies in power, an emergent Catholic right expands political horizons and raises doubts about church unity.

"I think that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops needs to actually look in the mirror a little bit," Vance said in an interview that aired on Sunday.

Thanks to the vice president, the national press may finally realize that the Catholic bishops care about something other than abortion.

The US Senate has confirmed John Ratcliffe as the new director of the US foreign intelligence agency CIA by a large majority. 74 senators voted for him, 25 against him, including many Democrats. Ratcliffe was then sworn in by Vice President J.

The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed President Donald Trump’s choice of John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA, but Democrats continued to draw out

Republicans rounded out their 53-seat Senate majority on Tuesday with the swearing-in of Jon Husted and Ashley Moody, the two senators replacing Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

John Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump's first term and is the first person to have held that position and the top post at the CIA.

Vice President JD Vance has sworn in John Ratcliffe as the nation's CIA director, shortly after the Senate confirmed Ratcliffe on a vote of 74-25.

Instead of compassion, Trump exhibited his classic harshness with distasteful remarks that appeal to the worst of his base, but not the best of America.