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.

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.

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.

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 ...

EXCLUSIVE — Kash Patel’s two brushes with the law are being brought to the fore as the FBI director nominee prepares for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee this ...

Less than two hours after starting, Kash Patel’s Senate confirmation hearing skewed off the rails, with Republicans and Democrats both shouting down Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: Kashyap Patel, of Nevada, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, is sworn in prior to testifying before a Senate Judiciary ...

As Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the FBI, appears Thursday for his Senate confirmation hearing, some of the rhetoric he has espoused for years to defend Trump and promote Trump ...

The US Senate on Thursday voted to approve Kash Patel as FBI director in a mostly party-line vote, clearing the way for one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial appointments.

KASH PATEL: Simply this. If the best attacks on me are going to be false accusations and grotesque mischaracterizations, the only thing this body is doing is defeating the credibility of the men ...

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 question… ...