Coverage dated September 14, 2026 to September 16, 2026
Patel defends FBI hiring policy changes
Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, on the newest of 3 developments
WASHINGTON -- FBI Director Kash Patel defended Tuesday a recent policy change to allow some applicants who have engaged in prostitution and bestiality to be considered for employment, insisting that the move was made to enable victims of those acts to apply for a job without fear of automatic disqua…
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.
FBI Director Kash Patel is set to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday for an oversight hearing on the nation's lead law enforcement agency.
Patel denied the change signaled a lower of employment standards and argued they were designed to protect victims who had been forced to engage in the conduct, which would have previously precluded them from consideration for employment.
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 15: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Sept. 15, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
FBI Director Kash Patel testified Sept. 15, 2026 before the Senate Judiciary Committee, his first since 2025; Durbin called him the least qualified and most partisan director.
Joe Biden's FBI spent years spying on parents at school board meetings. Now the man Democrats tried to destroy before he was even confirmed is knee-deep in a Louisiana swamp hunting
FBI Director Kash Patel is defending the bureau’s loosening of hiring requirements regarding prostitution and bestiality, saying the changes were meant to enable victims of those acts to apply for employment without fear of automatic disqualification.
FBI Director Kash Patel is defending the bureau’s loosening of hiring requirements regarding prostitution and bestiality, saying the changes were meant to enable victims of those acts to apply for employment without fear of automatic disqualification.
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel is set to return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Republican-led panel is likely to try to keep the focus on Patel’s efforts to combat violent crime, counter drug trafficking and pursue the Trump …
FBI Director Kash Patel has returned to Capitol Hill for an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Republican-led panel on Tuesday is likely to try to keep the focus on Patel’s efforts at the FBI to combat violent crime, counter drug trafficking and pursue the Trump administrat…
FBI Director Kash Patel is defending the bureau’s loosening of hiring requirements regarding prostitution and bestiality, saying the changes were meant to enable victims of those acts to apply for employment without fear of automatic disqualification.
FBI Director Kash Patel is testifying Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee on oversight of the federal law enforcement agency. Patel is likely to face questions over a series of personnel shake-ups and controversies surrounding his conduct and use of government resources for travel.
FBI Director Kash Patel on Monday defended his personal travel and the law enforcement agency's purchase of several luxury armored BMWs under his leadership amid scrutiny. Patel is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday morning.
FBI Director Kash Patel will testify Tuesday morning before the Senate Judiciary Committee for an oversight hearing. Ahead of the meeting, Patel released a letter sent to panel chair Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to explain expenditures that have drawn scrutiny.
Patel has made multiple appearances before Congress, but this will be his first time since last September before the Senate committee that has principal oversight jurisdiction over the bureau.
FBI Director Kash Patel told lawmakers on Tuesday he changed the bureau's hiring standards to eliminate bestiality as an automatic disqualifier because he did not want to bar trafficking victims who had been forced to have sex with animals, drawing…
It’s not a topic often discussed in the halls of Congress, but Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) grilled FBI Director Kash Patel as he said he was just “trying to understand” a recent change in policy regarding bestiality.
Showing the first 25 of 55 headlines. ·
Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.
Patel defends FBI hiring policy changes | Since Then
