Preferring to defend spy agencies and line up behind the hawkish consensus, the bipartisan elite ignores the director of national intelligence nominee’s rampant Islamophobia.

President Trump's nominee to be top US spy, Tulsi Gabbard, and pick for FBI director, Kash Patel, face tough Senate hearings.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order that could lead to significant changes in the Pentagon, including a ...

President Trump said he told King Abdullah II of Jordan during a phone call Saturday that he would like Jordan and Egypt to ...

This is Swamp Notes, the weekly podcast from the FT News Briefing, where we talk about all of the things happening in US politics. I’m Sonja Hutson. And this week we’re asking: how far will Donald ...

With votes expected late evening, the Republican-led Senate is determined to install Hegseth, a former Fox News host and ...

Donald Trump sits down for a second time Thursday night with Fox News host Sean Hannity after he announced earlier he’s ordering the declassification and release of all remaining records relating to ...

The Senate has advanced the nomination of Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary. Thursday's vote pushed ...

The risk of being on Kash Patel’s list Many of the former officials were listed in an index of “deep ... including the one ...

That could deal a death blow to cherished institutions like National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service ... His nominee to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, has repeatedly made public statements ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal on Thursday cast doubt on Pam Bondi's ability to keep FBI nominee Kash Patel in check, warning on MSNBC that Patel could independently start investigations. Blumenthal ...

If Kash Patel has his way, he has written, the FBI’s top ranks will be fired. The bureau’s headquarters in downtown Washington will be emptied out and shuttered, and its authority will be ...