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23-04-2026 Vol 19

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Trump’s FBI pick dodges on 2020 election results

Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s nominee to run the FBI, repeatedly refused to say that Joe Biden won the 2020 election — following similar refusals by Trump’s nominee to be...

Kash Patel declines to detail his grand jury testimony in Trump documents case

Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, declined to tell senators what he testified about when he appeared before a grand jury investigating Trump’s handling of classified...

Budget Committee advances OMB nominee

Russ Vought is one step closer to returning to the helm of the Office of Management and Budget, which threw Washington into confusion this week with sweeping orders to...

Kash Patel says warrant requirement for Section 702 searches isn’t practical

“Get a warrant” has become a battle cry for many conservative and liberal critics of federal government surveillance programs — but President Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director said...

Trump rips Biden, Democrats for DC plane crash, blames unqualified FAA employees and putting ‘policy first’

WASHINGTON — President Trump used a White House briefing about Wednesday night’s deadly collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter over the Potomac River to rail against...

Democrats to boycott committee vote on OMB nominee

Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee say they will boycott Thursday’s scheduled vote on Russ Vought’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget. It won't affect the...

Cassidy to RFK Jr.: Can I trust you?

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the spot about his history of anti-vaccine activism at a hearing of the health panel Cassidy chairs on Thursday,...

Kash Patel distances himself from Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons and ‘J6 choir’

Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI said Thursday that he disagreed with the president’s decision to end the criminal sentences of Jan. 6 defendants who committed violence against...

Kash Patel makes opening pitch for FBI job

President Donald Trump’s controversial FBI director nominee, Kash Patel, is appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee now. In his opening remarks, Patel laid out his vision for the FBI,...

RFK Jr., Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard confirmation hearings live updates: Trump’s controversial cabinet picks face senators

Follow The Post’s live updates from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing in his bid to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services, amid fierce opposition from...