The federal government has strict guidelines for temporarily filling the void that will be left by FBI director Chris Wray's pending resignation, experts say.

Some prominent Trump administration voices, including some who worked with Kash Patel directly, are balking at the idea that he should lead the FBI.

FBI Director Chris Wray is resigning several years before the end of his statutory 10-year term for one, terrible reason: Donald Trump had promised to fire Wray when he’s sworn in as

Republican lawmakers are falling in line behind Kash Patel, President-elect Trump's pick for FBI Director. The Morning Joe panel discusses.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI echoes the conspiracy-obsessed former director, J. Edgar Hoover, Vox senior correspondent Zack Beauchamp writes.

Kash Patel, President-elect Trump's nominee to lead the FBI, understands surveillance abuses and intimidation tactics because he experienced them himself – and he never backed down.

At the NSC, he was less interested in his assigned duties than in proving his loyalty to Donald Trump.

I treasure Alexandra Petri’s thoughts on the great literature of the world; you should hear her hold forth on P.G. Wodehouse. But perhaps her greatest work of criticism so far is this week’s piece on “The Plot Against the King,” the trio of children’s books written by Kash Patel, the president-elect’s intended nominee for FBI director.