Senate confirms Kash Patel as FBI director
Additionally, two groups of FBI officials filed lawsuits in federal court after officials were ordered to fill out a survey asking about their role in investigations and prosecutions related to the Jan. 6,
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Mitch McConnell’s legacy in Senate sits in the nation’s courts
McConnell led Republicans as they confirmed Barrett only days before the 2020 presidential election, filling a vacancy left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and moving the high court to a 6-
Senate plows through overnight budget ‘vote-a-rama’
The so-called vote-a-rama starting around 6 p.m.
Senators clash over FBI director pick ahead of confirmation vote
He has also had to explain his past commentary surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Why words matter in political fights
There’s almost certainly some waste — "expending carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose" — within a $6 trillion federal budget.
Setting the record straight on Biden’s spending
But despite his declaration that the pandemic was over in September 2022, Biden and Schumer kept the COVID levels of spending well above $6 trillion.
The 1.47 percent mandate for chaos
But those same voters were not demanding that he raise tariffs, slash government sending and pardon Jan. 6 rioters, some of whom were convicted of assaulting police officers.
Senators question Todd Blanche for top Justice Department role
The Illinois Democrat pressed Blanche on whether he would stop any effort to disclose information that might jeopardize the safety of FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6 Capitol riot investigations.
DOGE fight: New subcommittee holds its first House hearing
Wednesday’s hearing was nominally focused on rooting out and blocking improper federal payments and fraud in the government’s roughly $6 trillion annual budget, an issue both parties agreed contributes
Senate Finance advances Greer to be US trade representative
The committee held Greer’s confirmation hearing Feb. 6, when he was questioned about his support for Trump’s tariff plans and various trade agreements.
Senate confirms Gabbard to be director of national intelligence
Trump said on Feb. 7 he would fire some of the FBI agents who worked on cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection in the Capitol, but not all of them.
Senator accuses Kash Patel of directing FBI personnel ‘purge’
Democrats have also slammed Patel for past comments he’s made about those arrested for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and commentary in a book he authored.
Senate advances Gabbard’s nomination to become DNI
Trump said on Feb. 7 he would fire some of the FBI agents who worked on cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection in the Capitol, but not all of them.
House Republicans to work through weekend on budget package
The key sticking point going in was cost: Trump’s priorities for the package, including permanent extensions of his 2017 tax cuts plus new tax breaks and spending, could push the price tag near $6 trillion
Key GOP vote on RFK Jr. faces high-stakes primary
He was one of seven Senate Republicans to vote to convict Trump at his second impeachment trial over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Senate confirms Pam Bondi as next attorney general
Some personnel actions, according to reports, target employees involved in the investigations of Trump and the criminal probes of rioters who attacked the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.
White House opens funding spigot for DOGE expenses
The total $6.75 million apportionments came in two bites — an initial $750,000 on Jan. 27 followed by $6 million on Jan. 30 — for "unanticipated needs" within the Executive Office of the President, according
Threats rose again in 2024, Capitol Police say
Manger pointed to changes after the attack on the Capitol of Jan. 6, 2021, citing 103 inspector general recommendations closed out by the force since then.
‘A little pain’: Trump plays long game on prices as Democrats cast doubts
It’s $5 to $6 in New York right now," he added. "It’ll go up to $8.
FBI nominee, under Senate questioning, takes a different tone
Among them were a pitch to shut down the FBI’s Washington headquarters and turn it into a museum of the "deep state," and his past comments about people arrested for their role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack