Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel left MAGA social circles fuming on Thursday after he flatly shot down a long-held Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theory. During a televised Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Republican Sen. John Kennedy asked Patel, “Did Jeffrey Epstein hang himself or did somebody kill him?”

FBI Director Kash Patel said he fully backs the Trump administration's proposed FBI budget after testifying to a House panel.

FBI Director Kash Patel will testify on the 2026 White House budget before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies at around 9 a.m. TRUMP LOOKS TO LAWSUITS AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MUZZLE ‘FAKE NEWS’ The hearing is titled “A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Federal Bureau of