Kash Patel, the new FBI Director, plans to relocate up to 1,500 employees to enhance the FBI’s presence in communities. His appointment faced scrutiny, with concerns about potential partisanship and retribution against Trump opponents,

Kash Patel has been sworn in as FBI director following a narrow Senate vote. He intends to implement significant changes within the agency, emphasising crime-fighting over intelligence work. His appointment raises concerns among Democrats about potential political bias and misuse of FBI power.

Patel joins the list of nominees who endured an uphill battle before finally getting confirmed. They include Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services, Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The US Senate narrowly confirmed Kash Patel to lead the FBI and carry out Donald Trump’s vision for overhauling an agency that the president claims has been weaponized against him and other conservatives.

New FBI Director Kash Patel has told senior officials that he plans to relocate 1,000 employees at FBI headquarters to field offices around the country and move an additional 500 to a bureau facility in Huntsville,

Indian-origin leader Kash Patel took oath as the director of the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) on Hindu holy book Bhagavad Gita on Saturday. Addressing the people after the swearing-in, Patel highlighted how a first-generation Indian was set to lead the FBI and declared his achievement as proof that the "American dream" was alive and thriving.