FBI directors are given 10-year terms as a way to insulate them from political influence and keep them from becoming beholden to a particular president or administration.

Just two Republicans voted against the former Donald Trump administration official, who critics worry could use the country’s ...

Patel was confirmed by a 51-49 vote. Two moderate Republicans, Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, joined all Democrats in opposing Patel, but it was not enough to overcome b ...

The Senate on Thursday narrowly voted to confirm Kash Patel as the FBI’s ninth director, installing a close ally of President ...

The Senate on Thursday will vote on Kash Patel's controversial nomination to lead the FBI. If confirmed, Patel will be the ...

Kash Patel will soon lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation after the Senate voted Thursday 51-49 to confirm the ...

Republicans welcomed Kash Patel's confirmation, seeing him as someone who can fix the FBI's alleged targeting of ...

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The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate confirmed Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director, on Thursday, ...