Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of ... Jan. 15, 2025Senate Democrats grilled Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi about Patel’s nomination during Bondi’s confirmation hearing, asking the nominee about Patel’s “enemies ...

President Trump’s choice of a staunch loyalist to lead the bureau upends the post-Watergate tradition of picking nonpartisan directors. Mr. Patel’s enemies list and his vow to exact a campaign of retribution loom over the hearing.

Democrats directed some of their energy during attorney general nominee Pam Bondi’s confirmation hearing toward publicly disavowing Kash Patel.

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced attorney general nominee Pam Bondi along party lines, setting her up for expected confirmation to lead President Donald Trump’s Justice Department.

President Trump's nominees for top posts in his administration are gearing up for their Senate confirmation hearings, which kicked off earlier this month.

One of the people on Kash Patel’s list of “corrupt actors” from the “deep state” is taking the drastic step of moving their family before Patel’s potential confirmation to lead the FBI.

Confirming Patel "would endanger the FBI's integrity and compromise its critical mission," the former officials wrote.

US President Donald Trump’s pick for Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director, Kash Patel, will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee for confirmation hearing on Thursday (local time) for what is expected to be a fiery and contentious hearing,

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.

Patel is a controversial nominee, having long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.

The Senate Judiciary Committee will host a confirmation hearing of President Trump’s FBI Director nominee Kash Patel on Thursday.