Kash Patel

A legal battle over a five-year-old protest gesture has escalated into a major test of the FBI’s independence under the Trump administration.

FBI Director Kash Patel says agents re-examined millions of data lines to identify Brian Cole as the January 6 pipe-bomb suspect, leading to his arrest after a renewed, Trump-era–driven review.

Kash Patel, the FBI Director, is under heightened scrutiny over his use of bureau resources, including a security detail for his girlfriend and a government jet, and for infighting with other Trump allies, MS Now reported.

FBI Swat teams have been deployed on multiple occasions to escort Wilkins, even though such units are normally reserved for high-risk law enforcement operations like hostage rescues and counterterror missions.

Questions grow inside the US administration over whether the FBI director is misusing taxpayer-funded resources for travel and security tied to his relationship

An investigation reveals a sharp rise in anti-Indian hate across the US right, fuelled by far-right rhetoric, H-1B resentment and online radicalisation, with hostility spilling into real-world harassment.

According to Fox News, FBI Director Kash Patel alleged that Jack Smith and his team had accessed the private communications of at least eight Republican Senators during the probe into the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill riots.

Critics contrasted Patel’s proud Hindu identity with Munir’s history of inflammatory remarks. Munir has previously invoked the divisive Two-Nation Theory.

FBI Director Kash Patel, Trump’s Hindu outreach figure, faces backlash after shaking hands with Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir. Critics cite betrayal of faith, diaspora expectations, and India–US tensions, despite diplomatic protocol.

FBI Director Kash Patel said Tuesday that there was no "credible information" in law enforcement files that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein trafficked young women to other individuals.

On the same day Charlie Kirk was killed, Kash Patel also faced a lawsuit from three FBI senior executives fired in an August purge that they characterized as a Trump administration retribution campaign.

According to Patel, the documents reveal that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was involved in a scheme using fake IDs to fraudulently obtain and cast mail-in ballots in favour of Biden.

President Donald Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to Paramount, a city in Los Angeles County, after the protests on Friday.

Speaking on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Patel said India, while not a consumer of fentanyl, is being used increasingly as a transit point for chemical precursors manufactured in China and routed to Mexican drug cartels.

Calling it a stark reminder of the ongoing global threat posed by terrorism, Patel offered condolences and pledged continued support to India.

The FBI has launched a task force to investigate Tesla attacks, calling them "domestic terrorism." Trump warned perpetrators could face 20-year sentences. Attorney General Bondi vowed prosecutions, linking vandalism to backlash over Musk’s government layoffs and agency restructuring.

Top officials, including FBI Director Kash Patel and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, have expressed concerns about the implications of Musk’s order.

Kash Patel, who has received support from the Gun Owners of America lobby group for championing gun rights, would be expected to lead an overhaul of the agency, shifting its focus away from regulating firearms.

Patel, who has succeeded Christopher Wray as FBI chief, took immense pride as he highlighted that a "first-generation Indian is about to lead the law enforcement agency of the greatest nation on earth".

The plans reflect Patel's long-stated determination to reduce the FBI’s footprint in Washington and have more of a presence in offices in other cities.