Kash Patel, former Trump aide and vocal critic of investigations into the former president, testified at his Senate confirmation hearing for FBI director.

Despite Patel’s leading role in perpetrating Trump’s failed coup, Gabbard appears to face a much tougher road to Senate confirmation after she refused to unequivocally renounce her previous defense of whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Former Democrat and military veteran Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence was grilled about her past remarks supporting government whistleblower Edward Snowden as well as her relationships with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syria's former dictator Bashar al-Assad.

In dueling confirmation hearings, Trump’s DNI pick appeared on shaky ground after refusing to condemn Edward Snowden as a “traitor,” while FBI director nominee Kash Patel won plaudits from Republicans.

on whether Edward Snowden – the former National Security Agency employee who leaked classified intelligence information – is a traitor, a label she avoided using to the frustration of some lawmakers. Trump’s nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, said ...

Several of President Trump’s top allies are set to appear Thursday for high-stakes confirmation showdowns with senators amid the backdrop of a late-night midair crash between a passenger

During his confirmation hearing, Kash Patel appeared to break from President Trump when he told senators he disagreed with the pardons for January 6 defendants convicted of violent crimes. NBC News' Ken Dilanian reports on the questions Patel faced as he looks to serve as the next FBI director.

Any one of those resume bullet points might be enough to sink her precariously perched nomination, but in her confirmation hearing today it was Edward Snowden that dominated the discussion. Judging from the line of questioning from senators in both parties,

President Donald Trump’s most controversial Cabinet nominees have flooded the zone Thursday in back-to-back-to-back confirmation hearings.

A trio of high-profile hearings took center stage on Capitol Hill on Thursday, with senators scrutinizing President Donald Trump’s most contentious remaining nominees. Director of national intelligence pick Tulsi Gabbard and FBI director selection Kash Patel testified for the first time,

Kash Patel, the son of Indian immigrants, greeted his family with ‘Jai Shri Krishna during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for FBI Director. He expressed his gratitude to his parents and sister,