Testifying in a confirmation hearing, Kash Patel, who is nominated to lead the F.B.I., also sought to allay fears about his fitness to serve.

Kash Patel exhibited unflinching fealty during Donald Trump’s four years out of office, standing by him during the grim days after the F.B.I. search of the president’s Florida estate in 2022.

The F.B.I. nominee has not only cast his political lot with the president, he has also used the connection to the Trump brand, Truth Social and other Trump-linked entities as a significant source of ...

During President Trump’s first term, demanding personal loyalty didn’t always work; stocking top jobs with loyalists is the ...

The termination of more than a dozen lawyers who worked with the special counsel, Jack Smith, came hours after the department ...

The White House budget office has ordered a pause in grants, loans and other federal financial assistance, according to a ...

Shifting positions: Trump administration officials continued to reverse or revise the government’s stance on multiple fronts, ...

The move was part of a domino effect initiated by President Trump’s enactment of a 90-day federal hiring freeze.

It also signaled it could seek to back out of Biden-era agreements with police departments that engaged in discrimination or ...

A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties ...

A warning on D.E.I.: The Trump administration on Wednesday threatened tens of thousands of federal employees with “adverse consequences” if they fail to report on colleagues who defy orders to purge ...

In the form, Kash Patel said he had participated in an American Bar Association program that promotes diversity. He also ...