Watch Live: Kash Patel confirmation hearing for FBI director

Grassley, an Iowa Republican, opened the hearing by offering prayers to those who died in the plane crash in the Potomac late Wednesday night.  “This is a horrible, hard-to-understand disaster that demands answers,” he said. Turning to Patel’s nomination, Grassley highlighted his background and stressed that it positions him well to lead the FBI. “Mr.

Day 2 of RFK Jr. confirmation hearings set to kick off in Senate

  Updated 17m ago On Day 1, Smith calls Kennedy and Trump “dangerous to mifepristone” Smith spars with RFK Jr. over school shootings, antidepressants 06:49 Sen. Tina Smith, a Democrat from Minnesota, used part of her time during Wednesday’s hearing to revisit Kennedy’s stance on abortion, saying the answers he has given to the committee

Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to lead FBI, to have confirmation hearing today

Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee to serve as FBI director, is set to appear Thursday on Capitol Hill  for a high-stakes confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee amid calls from Republicans for massive reforms in FBI leadership and concerns from Democrats about his fitness to lead the nation’s top law enforcement agency. Patel —