Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel arrives to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Sept. 16, 2025. Patel was questioned about last week’s assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and his social media posts related to the FBI’s investigation of the shooting, as well as a lawsuit filed by former senior FBI officials who were terminated by Patel for what they claim are political reasons. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Kash Patel, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), arrives to testify during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Lina Khan, nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), speaks at a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on April 21, 2021. (Photo by Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images)
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., was one of 15 Senate Democrats to sign a letter asking for the federal government to do more to counter disinformation ahead of the 2020 election. (Flickr/Gage Skidmore)
EAC chairwoman Christy McCormick said during a Senate Rules Committee hearing Wednesday that the commission has seen its budget halved from where it was in 2010.