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

Kash Patel’s disastrous back-to-back performances on Capitol Hill should have Trump rethinking his choice of FBI director.

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

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen called Thursday’s FBI budget hearing in Washington, D.C., a budget hearing with missing documents. Van Hollen expressed concerns about the 2026 budget request.

The remarks from Patel, a loyal Trump defender, revealed a rare public rift between the FBI and the White House over budget issues. A White House spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request ...

Patel said the FBI will “agree with this budget as it stands and make it work for the operational necessity” of the agency, Patel said. Senators from both parties raised concerns about the ...

“That’s the proposed budget, not by the FBI,” he said of the cuts ... regardless of how one might feel about whatever those issues were,” he said. But Patel said he plans to send ...

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 ...

Senator Patty Murray questioned FBI Director Patel over the agency’s missing budget plans and President Trump’s proposed funding cuts. She raised concerns about the impact on national safety, local ...

The remarks from Patel, a loyal Trump defender, revealed a rare public rift between the FBI and the White House over budget issues. A White House spokesperson did not immediately respond to a ...

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 ...

Trump’s budget generally left the Treasury Department alone — except for the IRS. The budget seeks to cut IRS funding by $2.5 ...