Democrats warned that their Republican colleagues would be haunted for their votes to support Trump’s FBI pick, Kash Patel.  Read More

FBI Director-designate Kash Patel advanced Tuesday in a first procedural vote on the Senate floor Tuesday, with Republicans cheering that President Trump’s pick “has the votes” and will be confirmed later this week.

Report TRUMP FIRST 100 DAYS © AP Photo/Susan WalshTrump asserts grip on GOP with Patel confirmation SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL (R-Ky.) announced his retirement and Kash Patel was

If you’ve ever wondered whether ignorance is truly bliss, just ask Senate Republicans. While the nation’s founders envisioned a Senate where great minds deliberate weighty ideas, in today’s GOP-controlled Senate,

Kash Patel was confirmed despite strong objections, with many raising questions about his past statements, qualifications and more.

Kash Patel is the new director of the FBI after he was confirmed by the Senate in a 51-49 vote along party lines on Thursday.

Former Republican Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty told CNN’s Van Jones Thursday on CNN that the U.S. Senate went through “advice

Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Thursday voted against confirming Kash Patel as President Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director. Patel was confirmed by the Republican-majority Senate in a 51-49 vote. Murkowski and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine were the only GOP members to oppose Patel’s confirmation.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chair of the Judiciary Committee, dismissed Durbin’s new charges as “hearsay.” He expressed no interest in gathering more information and rejected Democrats’ call for a second confirmation hearing where they could ask Patel directly about the firings of FBI officials.

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