FBI Director Kash Patel appears to be backtracking on comments he made earlier this week that the Trump administration’s 2026 ...

By Devlin Barrett Reporting from Washington Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, told senators on Thursday that he backed a White House proposal to cut his agency’s budget by about half a billion ...

Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen voiced sharp criticism of the Trump administration's fiscal year 2026 budget proposal, ...

Kash Patel told a Senate panel that he supports a White House proposal to cut the bureau's budget, a day after telling ...

Those concerns remain, but now ... out loud if Patel realized his failure to prepare could mean the FBI might have no budget at all. Two back-to-back disastrous performances on Capitol Hill ...

WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel said Thursday that he would make the bureau’s mission “work on whatever budget we’re ...

“That’s the proposed budget — not by the FBI,” Patel replied ... Trump says he’ll pull the nomination of Ed Martin for DC US ...

FBI Director Kash Patel said the Trump administration’s own budget request wouldn’t be sufficient to fund the agency, asking ...

FBI Director Kash Patel expressed concerns over proposed budget cuts, warning they would hinder the bureau's core functions.

Those concerns remain, but now ... flabbergasted and wondering out loud if Patel realized his failure to prepare could mean ...

2021 attack on the Capitol and other issues. Democratic senators on Thursday scolded Patel for failing to submit a detailed budget proposal for the FBI. Senator Patty Murray of Washington called ...