The memo signaled the most significant first step in deploying the levers of government to carry out President Trump’s repeated suggestions that he will pursue those he perceives to be his enemies.

The department’s current No. 2 official, Emil Bove, escalated his growing conflict with the interim leadership of the F.B.I.

Those informed of their dismissals had been hired to investigate the Jan. 6 riot as the office struggled to manage what ...

James E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said in an email ...

The prosecutor firings and a move to scrutinize thousands of F.B.I. agents were a powerful indication that the president has ...

The decision, signed by Judge John J. McConnell Jr., is a temporary but significant victory for the Democratic attorneys ...

Officials for the agency were notified of the planned cuts on the same day they learned that about 800 awards and contracts ...

During President Trump’s first term, demanding personal loyalty didn’t always work; stocking top jobs with loyalists is the ...

The F.B.I. nominee has not only cast his political lot with the president, he has also used the connection to the Trump brand, Truth Social and other Trump-linked entities as a significant source of ...

Kash Patel exhibited unflinching fealty during Donald Trump’s four years out of office, standing by him during the grim days after the F.B.I. search of the president’s Florida estate in 2022.

The termination of more than a dozen lawyers who worked with the special counsel, Jack Smith, came hours after the department ...

Testifying in a confirmation hearing, Kash Patel, who is nominated to lead the F.B.I., also sought to allay fears about his ...