The Senate on Thursday confirmed Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be FBI director. The final vote was 51-49.

Trump FBI Director Kash Patel's confirmation was the result of a significant and long-term effort to get senators' support.

Patel, a Trump loyalist, was confirmed despite fears he intends to purge the bureau he has been chosen to lead ...

Just days after taking his oath of office on a Hindu religious book, FBI Director Kash Patel was sworn in Monday as the ...

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

Kash Patel at a 2022 conference in Arizona. WASHINGTON — Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted against another of President Trump’s nominees: Kash Patel, who was nonetheless confirmed Thursday as FBI ...

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

Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joining a unified ... "If you want to defend our constitutional rights, confirm Kash Patel," Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso of Wyoming ...

Patel's meetings with both Collins and Murkowski had been good, per the transition official. "Kash and Lisa had many conversations and talked a lot," they explained. While she didn't vote for him ...

The only Republicans to break ranks and vote against Patel were Alaska's Lisa Murkowski and Maine's Susan Collins. Every Democrat voted against the confirmation.

Donald Trump is expected to name FBI Director Kash Patel as the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ...