The Central Intelligence Agency is laying off some recently hired officers as President Donald Trump's efforts to downsize and reshape the federal government reverberate through the intelligence community.

If firing CIA officers would prompt them to "risk treason" by spilling nation's secrets, they need to part with the agency, which is the thinking of Director John Ratcliffe.

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered that intelligence cooperation with Ukraine be halted as well as military aid, CIA Director John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe details the capture of a long-wanted terror suspect, more U.S. allies working alongside the Trump administration and ongoing negotiations with Ukraine.

President Donald Trump announced near-resumption of intelligence sharing with Ukraine, amidst high-stakes peace talks with Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia. The discussions also involve potential military aid and a minerals deal.

Green reportedly kept yelling at Trump, “You have no mandate to cut Medicaid!” The Houston-area congressman, 77, also waved his cane in the direction of the president. Speaker Mike Johnson warned Green to stop several times—before ordering the sergeant of arms to remove him from the chamber.

The CIA boss said he thinks pause “will go away” and that the US “will work shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine as we have to push back on the aggression that’s there.”

Administration officials said Wednesday the U.S. is withholding critical wartime intelligence from Ukraine as a way to force President Volodymyr Zelenskyy into peace talks with Russia on President Donald Trump’s terms.

In the wake of a televised Oval Office squabble pitting President Trump and Vice President JD Vance against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the U.S. has paused intelligence sharing with its war torn ally,

The U.S. has paused its intelligence sharing with Ukraine, cutting off the flow of vital information that has helped Kyiv defend against Russian invaders.

The pause, expected to cripple Kyiv’s ability to target Russian forces, follows a contentious meeting last week between Trump and Ukraine’s leader.