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

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

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

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

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

The remarks from Patel, a loyal Trump defender, revealed a rare public rift between the FBI and the White House over budget ...

FBI Director Kash Patel changed his tune Thursday on a White House proposal to cut his agency’s budget, giving his “full ...

“That’s the proposed budget — not by the FBI,” Patel replied ... the nomination of Ed Martin for DC US Attorney after concerns of partisanship ...

Those concerns remain, but now ... his willingness to see the FBI’s funding reduced to the lowest level in 14 years, Patel conceded he didn’t know what he’d have to cut at the FBI to ...

“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 ...