What to know about Kash Patel's confirmation hearing today: Kash Patel appeared Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing to be FBI director.

New FBI Director Kash Patel hit the ground running with a to do list once he took over — and his priorities have left some puzzled. On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal walked through Patel's ...

In his 2023 book Government Gangsters, Kash Patel, the president's nominee for FBI director, describes a "deep state" conspiracy against Donald Trump that he equates with a conspiracy to subvert ...

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.

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 has an extensive national security and intelligence background, and officials say when looking at his résumé "objectively," he is "one of the most experienced people ever to be ...

A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 3, 2025, Section A, Page 19 of the New York edition with the headline: Kash Patel Is a Warning Shot. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe ...

Kash Patel’s was not like the rest. Other former Trump staff members used the millions of dollars they raised to build a second Trump administration in waiting.

Republicans have signaled they plan to confirm Patel and that nothing, including his financial disclosures and a whistleblower allegation, will stand in the way.

FBI Director Kash Patel walked into his new office on the seventh floor of the bureau’s headquarters last week and made an immediate order – he wanted new carpeting and window coverings ...

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?

Tess Owen on how Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s nominee for F.B.I. director, whitewashed the January 6th violence and made the rioters’ narrative his own.