Patel is set to lead an agency that's been a frequent target of Republicans, including an effort to abolish it altogether.
The new FBI director instructed personnel not to respond to Musk's demand to justify their job or face dismissal.
Patel will be responsible for two sprawling agencies at the Justice Department. ATF alone has 5,500 personnel.
With the Constitution as its cornerstone, the agency can become smaller, more efficient and less political.
Newly-sworn in FBI Director Kash Patel to be tapped to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as acting ...
Newly sworn-in FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to take the reins of another federal law enforcement agency as the acting ...
Kash Patel was sworn in as FBI director Friday after a rocky path to confirmation and a narrow Senate vote Thursday.
New FBI Director Kash Patel has told senior officials that he plans to relocate 1,000 employees at FBI headquarters to field ...
New FBI Director Kash Patel has told senior officials that he plans to relocate 1,000 employees from Washington to field ...
New FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to be named the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ...
Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday swore in Kash Patel as FBI director in the Eisenhower Executive Office ...
Newly-confirmed FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to be named the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms ...