FBI Director Kash Patel told lawmakers on Wednesday that a White House budget proposal that slashes funding for federal law enforcement agencies was about $1 billion below what the bureau had sought,

FBI Director Kash Patel told lawmakers Wednesday that he is working to avoid a proposed $545 million in cuts to the agency outlined in the White House’s budget request for fiscal 2026, saying those reductions would force him to fire 1,

Under President Donald Trump, budget chief Russell Vought has sought to assert more unilateral control over government spending than the White House usually has.