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In the first such contact in more than two years, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and the head of SVR, Russia's foreign intelligence agency, spoke by phone Tuesday, Russian state news agency TASS said.

Sean Duffy sailed through ... but always focused on safety."' Duffy received significant bipartisan support for his confirmation. Senate Majority Leader John Thune praised Duffy Monday as a ...