Kash Patel

FBI Director Kash Patel faces Senate grilling over Epstein files, travel funds, personal record

Republicans and Democrats also pushed Patel to explain why the FBI changed its hiring qualifications, including eliminating bestiality as an automatic disqualifier.

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FBI Director Kash Patel attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, September 15, 2026.
: FBI Director Kash Patel testifies before a Senate Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, May 12, 2026.

The FBI must prevent Iran’s covert war from reaching US soil - opinion

Iran does not need to win a conventional war to endanger Americans. The FBI and its Joint Terrorism Task Forces must ensure that Tehran’s shadow threat never becomes America’s next tragedy.

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: FBI Director Kash Patel testifies before a Senate Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, May 12, 2026.

US to join Russia, China in war on crime, Kash Patel says, as former FBI director warns of risks

The partnerships have involved personnel exchanges in which Chinese law enforcement officials have visited the United States and FBI agents have traveled to China to work on cases together.

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FBI Director Kash Patel attends the signing of an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump on a deal that would divest TikTok's U.S. operations from ByteDance from its Chinese owner ByteDance, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S.

FBI Director Kash Patel to visit Russia later this year, US official says - report

Politico cited a US official saying Patel is scheduled to visit Moscow and St. Petersburg in mid-October. The official also said Patel's host is likely the Russian secret service.

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FBI thwarted terror attack in Michigan planned for Halloween weekend, Kash Patel says

Several suspects were arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack, FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X/Twitter.

OCTOBER 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
FBI Director Kash Patel attends the signing of an executive order by US President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 25, 2025.

FBI cuts ties with Jewish Anti-Defamation League, director Kash Patel announces

Patel's announcement followed criticism of the ADL by right-wing voices, including billionaire Elon Musk, over its inclusion of Kirk's Turning Point USA in a "Glossary of Extremism and Hate."

OCTOBER 2, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
FBI Director Kash Patel attends the signing of an executive order by US President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 25, 2025.