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FBI boss Patel faces Senate grilling, seeks $12B boost as controversies swirl

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Kash Patel will testify before the Senate to defend the FBI's $12 billion budget request as part of Trump's broader DOJ funding proposal of $41 billion.

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Mon 07:50 - Fox News

DIRECTOR KASH PATEL: We brought the FBI out of the past and into the AI age

Mon 13:26 - Washington Examiner

Kash Patel says he uses AI everywhere at the FBI. What does that mean?

Mon 16:07 - The Hill

'SNL' opens with Hegseth, Patel and Kavanaugh drinking at DC bar

Tue 09:54 - Fox News

Agitators swarm hotel believed to house FBI Director Kash Patel

Tue 12:00 - Fox News

FBI boss Patel faces Senate grilling, seeks $12B boost as controversies swirl

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09:54

Agitators swarm hotel believed to house FBI Director Kash Patel

Demonstrators descended on a Portland hotel believed to be hosting FBI Director Kash Patel, who was in town for a close friend's funeral.

07:50

DIRECTOR KASH PATEL: We brought the FBI out of the past and into the AI age

FBI Director Kash Patel details how artificial intelligence modernization has transformed the bureau's crime-fighting and homeland security capabilities.

The Hill

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16:07

'SNL' opens with Hegseth, Patel and Kavanaugh drinking at DC bar

The latest "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL") cold open featured actors playing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, FBI Director Kash Patel and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh drinking at a bar in …

Washington Examiner

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Kash Patel says he uses AI everywhere at the FBI. What does that mean?

FBI Director Kash Patel touted on Monday the “central” role artificial intelligence plays at the federal law enforcement agency, arguing it has helped officials run a “faster, more efficient, and …