Some observers have compared Patel to J. Edgar Hoover, the domineering FBI director between 1924 and 1972 who was renowned for FBI abuses. In 1956, Hoover created COINTELPRO, an illegal ...

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be FBI director. The final vote was 51-49. Two Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, voted against Patel.

Newly appointed FBI director Kash Patel has built his wealth from his consulting business, book royalties, speaking ...

The Senate voted to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director on Thursday, tightening President Donald Trump 's control of the federal government.

One of Patel’s former superiors in government, the first-term Trump national security adviser Robert O’Brien, told me, “I think Kash is going to be much more of a traditionalist as FBI ...

Kash Patel, an Indian-American and Trump loyalist, has been confirmed as the FBI director by the US Senate through a narrow vote. His nomination has sparked debate over the future of the FBI and ...

Read More: Meet Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel, Trump’s Nomination for FBI Director Patel is a known Trump loyalist, and has been a staunch critic of the agency he will now be overlooking. In his 2023 ...

Now, that same Kash Patel has won Senate approval to lead the largest, most prestigious law enforcement agency in the federal government. The Trump era has wrought a bizarro-world dynamic in which ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12 to 10, along party lines, Thursday to proceed with confirmation for Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI Director. The nomination next ...

The Senate voted Tuesday along party lines to advance the nomination of Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's pick for FBI director, clearing a procedural hurdle to set up a final vote on the ...

The Senate has narrowly voted to confirm Kash Patel as as President Donald Trump's FBI director. The 51-49 vote Thursday puts the Trump loyalist atop the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agenc ...