The most poignant moment of Kash Patel’s hearing on Thursday, as Trump’s FBI Director nominee, was his response to Senator Welch (D-VT). Having waded through the thoroughly boring Democrat ...

Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas, Pool, File) Former Pentagon Chief of Staff Kash Patel speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at the National Harbor, in Oxon ...

A group of Republican former government officials is urging senators to reject Kash Patel’s nomination to lead the FBI, saying his confirmation would be “a grievous mistake.” “Confirming ...

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Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, has for years battled US intelligence agencies over the handling of some of the government’s most sensitive national security secrets.

Senate Democrats have obtained a whistleblower report claiming that President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, violated protocol during a hostage rescue mission in October 2020.

One person unmoved by the gravity of the allegations: Kash Patel. Days after Trump’s June 2023 indictment on charges of hoarding the documents, Patel insisted to listeners of his “Kash’s ...

As Republicans' take on the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection evolved from disapproving to defensive, Kash Patel has played a key role in reframing the party's position. As that messaging changed ...

At the F.B.I., this entails bucking its institutional history. What binds Kash Patel and President Trump is their shared assertion that the F.B.I. has been weaponized against conservatives ...

Days before this week's high-stakes confirmation hearing of Kash Patel to be FBI director, a bureau insider has come forward with new information questioning Patel's judgment during sensitive ...

Kash Patel, who worked under Mr. Bolton at the National Security Council during the first Trump term, will get his confirmation hearing in the Senate later this week. Mr. Bolton warns that he ...