Patel will be responsible for two sprawling agencies at the Justice Department. ATF alone has 5,500 personnel.

With the Constitution as its cornerstone, the agency can become smaller, more efficient and less political.

The new FBI director instructed personnel not to respond to Musk's demand to justify their job or face dismissal.

Patel is set to lead an agency that's been a frequent target of Republicans, including an effort to abolish it altogether.

Among those who pushed back on an Elon Musk-ordered Office of Personnel Management demand that federal employees justify ...

Newly appointed FBI Director Kash Patel sent out correspondence to all departments he is in charge of, ordering them to ...

Newly sworn-in FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to take the reins of another federal law enforcement agency as the acting ...

US President Joe Biden has appointed Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent turned conservative commentator, as the new ...

Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and conservative commentator, has been named the new deputy director of the FBI by ...

President Donald Trump has named Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent who has gained popularity as a right-wing pundit ...

Kash Patel confirmed as acting ATF head after Senate vote; faces political scrutiny over gun regulation stance.

President Donald Trump announced Sunday night that Kash Patel had tapped Dan Bongino to be second-in-command at the FBI, ...