4 h. ago FBI ‘is rudderless ship’ with director Kash Patel ‘in over his head’, damning report by agents claims

Agents have shared a scathing assessment on Patel’s first six months in office, after the president denied claims he is thinking of replacing him

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46 h. ago Kash Patel’s behavior as FBI director has earned him a new nickname, according to former special agent

The nation’s top law enforcement official has been referred to as the ‘Make-a-Wish Director’ behind his back due to his many extravagant trips and activities,

Events

4 d. ago What we do and don’t know about the shooting of 2 National Guard members in DC

The brazen daytime shooting of two National Guard members in the nation’s capital by a man described as an Afghan national has raised multiple questions

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4 d. ago Afghan national in custody after shooting of 2 National Guard members near White House

An Afghan national has been accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard members just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence

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5 d. ago Slow Poison by Mahmood Mamdani review – can you really rehabilitate Idi Amin?

The anthropologist and father of New York’s mayor-elect offers a revisionist view of modern Ugandan historyChildren of Ugandan Indians are having a bit of a moment. Electropop boasts Charlie XCX; statecraft, the Patels: Priti the shadow foreign secretary, Kash the FBI boss. And while the ones who go into politics have tended to be conservative, we now have a counterexample in Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who clinched the New York mayoralty at the beginning of this month.The anomaly is best explained by the politics of his father, Mahmood Mamdani. The apple, it seems, did not roll especially far down the postcolonial hillside. Mahmood, professor of government and anthropology at Columbia University, has long styled himself as the left’s answer to VS Naipaul. Where the Nobel-winning curmudgeon surveyed postcolonial Africa with disdain, revelling in the wreckage of independence, Mamdani presents a more forgiving view: pathos instead of pity, paradox instead o...

Politics

5 d. ago FBI surge leads to charges in 2020 killing in Native American community

Three people have been indicted in connection with a killing on the Navajo Nation that had gone unsolved for more than five years

Events

5 d. ago Trump and Patel issue instant response after report claiming the president was going to fire FBI director drops during meeting

‘I read the headline to the President and he laughed,’ a White House spokesperson said.

Politics

7 d. ago Kash Patel pictured in pink Lego car ahead of Las Vegas Grand Prix amid concerns over his spending on trips

FBI director recently received backlash for assigning SWAT agents to act as protective services for his girlfriend

Sport

7 d. ago Kash Patel pictured in pink Lego car ahead of Las Vegas Grand Prix amid concerns over his spending on trips and security

FBI director recently received backlash for assigning SWAT agents to act as protective services for his girlfriend

Sport

1 week ago FBI trainee claims he was fired for flying Pride flag at his desk and sues Kash Patel

The former FBI employee said the rainbow flag is not a “political statement,” but a “a symbol of inclusion, unity, and equal service.”

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1 week ago FBI worker says he was wrongfully terminated for having Pride flag at desk

David Maltinsky, a 16-year veteran, says in lawsuit agency retaliated against him for engaging in protected speechA longtime FBI employee has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was fired for displaying a Pride flag at his desk, naming FBI director Kash Patel, the justice department and attorney general Pam Bondi as defendants.According to David Maltinsky, an intelligence specialist who had served with the bureau for 16 years, his wrongful termination earlier this year was “unconstitutional and politically motivated”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Veteran FBI employee sues bureau after being fired over displaying a pride flag

A veteran FBI employee is claiming in a lawsuit that he was fired last month after displaying an LGBTQ+ flag at his workspace

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1 week ago Former Trump official lashes out at ‘seriously dangerous’ Kash Patel and says FBI chief makes him ‘fear’ the government

The president called Patel an ‘America First fighter,’ but one former administration official said that Patel’s leadership has given him ‘fear of my own government’

Politics

1 week ago Plea negotiations underway with Wisconsin judge accused of helping immigrant dodge agents

Plea negotiations are underway for a Wisconsin judge accused of helping an immigrant evade federal agents

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1 week ago FBI director Kash Patel sparks fury after assigning elite SWAT team to protect young country star girlfriend

The 45-year-old FBI director's relationship with Wilkins has already come under scrutiny after it was revealed he used a government jet to watch her sing but now the FBI directly protects her.

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2 w. ago ‘No legitimate justification for this’: Kash Patel’s country musician girlfriend gets FBI protection: report

Kash Patel has previously been criticized for using the FBI’s $60 million plane to visit his girlfriend

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2 w. ago Kash Patel hired deputy FBI director with no background check in extraordinary vetting breach

The second in command at the FBI was allowed to circumvent critical vetting processes to gain access to some of the most classified US secrets, insiders are warning.

Events

2 w. ago Kash Patel interrupts White House briefing to explain his secret flight to China

The FBI director scurried out of the White House briefing room before reporters could ask him why the president spent ‘hours’ at Jeffrey Epstein’s house with Virginia Giuffre

Society

2 w. ago Inside Kash Patel’s chaotic reign at FBI: Private jet flights, luxury hunting trip and tipping off suspects

Kash Patel has only been head of the FBI for nine months, but his tenure has already been a turbulent one, according to a new report.

Economics

2 w. ago Inside Patel’s chaotic reign at FBI: Private jet flights, luxury hunting trip and tipping off suspects

Kash Patel has only been head of the FBI for nine months, but his tenure has already been a turbulent one, according to a new report.

Economics