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.

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

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

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 ...

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

New FBI Director Kash Patel has told senior officials that he plans to relocate up to 1,000 employees from Washington to ...

FBI Director Kash Patel has told employees to delay responding to a federal productivity inquiry spearheaded by Elon Musk, who requires federal worker ...

FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to be sworn in as acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in what would be an unusual arrangement.

New FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to be named the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ...