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FBI Director Kash Patel urged Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to end a Senate oversight hearing rather than answer questions from Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA).

Patel made the request Tuesday at the Senate Judiciary Committee's oversight hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation, his second annual appearance before the panel, Grassley said in his opening statement.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's attempts to revise fitness standards to put male and female soldiers on equal footing seem to have backfired, according to a new report.

Last year, Hegseth introduced new sex-neutral fitness standards that sought to eliminate sex-based grading for combat soldiers on the military's physical fitness exam. That exam includes a 3-mile run, push-ups or pull-ups, and an abdominal plank. When the standards were announced, some analysts worried it could lead to fewer women enlisting.

CNN legal analyst Elie Honig was left baffled Tuesday after Attorney General Todd Blanche delivered an unusual White House press briefing that veered from law enforcement into politics and jokes.

“I’m not exactly sure what that was that we just saw,” Honig said after Blanche wrapped up his appearance in the Rose Garden. “Was that the Attorney General of the United States? Was that someone trying to be the next press secretary to the White House?

President Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, made an admission during congressional questioning that caused complete shock on social media.

The admission came when Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) was grilling him about the U.S. acquisition of assets in Venezuela following the capture of longtime strongman leader Nicolas Maduro — an arrangement which, Bessent conceded, involved a lot more than just oil, and in a way that the U.S. government isn't even fully tracking.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) issued a stark warning to his own party Tuesday as Republicans struggle with the fallout from Texas statewide candidate Bo French’s racist social media rant.

Asked by Washington Sun reporter Igor Bobic whether the GOP has a broader problem following French’s comments and reports of Republican staffers with Nazi ties, Cornyn said that behavior once considered politically disqualifying is now increasingly being tolerated.

Attorney General Todd Blanche vowed Tuesday that the Trump administration’s nationwide push to change mail-in voting will continue despite a Supreme Court ruling blocking its latest effort ahead of the midterms.

The moment came during a White House press conference when Blanche was asked whether the ruling would hamper the administration’s future election-related investigations and efforts.

After repeatedly taking credit for what he claims are successes at the FBI since he took over, Director Kash Patel curiously put distance between himself and the agency under questioning.

Appearing on MS NOW with host Alicia Menendez, former high-ranking DOJ official Andrew Weissmann pointed out a comment made by Patel during a tense exchange with Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA).

The Cleveland City Council adopted a resolution Monday evening seemingly designed to mock President Donald Trump and his propensity for renaming things after either himself or the United States.

“I feel emboldened to take the extraordinary step of renaming Lake Erie as the Gulf of Cleveland today,” said Cleveland City Council member Kris Harsh, the sponsor of a resolution, during his remarks at the body’s meeting Monday, NBC News reported.

A Senate oversight hearing erupted into shouting as FBI Director Kash Patel demanded that a Democratic senator's microphone be turned off.

Patel appeared Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his second annual oversight hearing, where Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) accused the director of using government resources against journalists who write critically about him.

A relentless Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) raked FBI Director Kash Patel over the coals on Tuesday, bringing up accusations about his drinking problems while he sat silently.

During the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Hirono used the last few minutes of her time to batter President Donald Trump's appointee over all the controversies that have dogged him since he was sworn in.

A federal judge ruled that the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts cannot honor President Donald Trump with an inscription on the building's exterior.

U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper on Tuesday blocked the president's hand-picked board from restoring his name after an earlier order forced its removal, reported the New York Times.

FBI Director Kash Patel derailed a Senate oversight hearing with personal attacks on a Democratic senator until the Republican presiding over it banged his gavel and ordered him to stop.

The clash came Tuesday at the Senate Judiciary Committee's annual oversight hearing on the FBI, Patel's second since taking over the bureau.

President Donald Trump continued his campaign to seize control over the Kennedy Center on Tuesday by insisting that a security guard had come mere “seconds away from certain death” due to the building’s state of disrepair.

A small chunk of ceiling at the Kennedy Center collapsed earlier this month, though no injuries were reported. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick first claimed on Monday that the chunk of ceiling had “missed one of the Center’s security guards by just minutes,” and that it could have “killed” countless patrons.