FBI director Kash Patel was confirmed 51-49. He is a staunch ally of President Donald Trump who has called for profound changes at the bureau.

Accused political assassin Vance Boelter allegedly sent a deranged confession to FBI Director Kash Patel claiming that Gov. Tim Walz had urged him to kill Democratic lawmakers as part of a twisted ...

President Donald Trump's FBI director nominee Kash Patel sparred with Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday in his lengthy confirmation hearing, where he faced off with lawmakers on ...

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of the FBI, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 30, 2025.

Republicans and Democrats sharpened their arguments over Kash Patel’s fitness to lead the FBI, offering starkly different versions of the nominee ahead of a confirmation vote expected Thursday ...

During a US Senate hearing in May 2025, FBI Director Kash Patel lashed out at Senator Patty Murray after she accused him of politicising the bureau. Patel shot back sharply, declaring that he was not ...

Patel arrived eager to downplay his record of incendiary statements and intense loyalty to Trump. Did he pull it off? Or did Senate Democrats make an effective case against him?

Senate Judiciary Committee member Thom Tillis (R-NC) said he was “absolutely” aware of Patel’s 2001 underage drinking arrest, days before his 21st birthday.

Trump ally Kash Patel, the president's pick for FBI director, is likely to be questioned about his fitness to lead Thursday during his Senate confirmation hearing.

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director, made his opening statement Thursday in a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Kash Patel's Senate confirmation hearing went awry, with Republicans and Democrats shouting down Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley.

Kash Patel won Senate confirmation as FBI director by a 51-49 vote, putting a fierce loyalist of President Trump at the helm of the nation’s premier law enforcement agency amid major questions ...