Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Thursday voted against confirming Kash Patel as President Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director. Patel was confirmed by the Republican-majority Senate in a 51-49 vote. Murkowski and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine were the only GOP members to oppose Patel’s confirmation.

The senator has voted for all but two of Trump’s nominees. She says she has to find a way to work with the administration to press Alaska’s concerns.

Democrats had complained about Patel's lack of management experience and highlighted incendiary past statements that they said called his judgment into question.

New FBI Director Kash Patel was sworn in Monday as acting chief of the federal bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, taking the helm of two separate and sprawling Justice Department agencies,

New FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to be named the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Leading the ATF is a difficult and full-time job. It will nevertheless be done by Kash Patel, who already has a difficult and full-time job leading the FBI.

Sky News host Rita Panahi discusses the "enormous" task the new FBI Director Kash Patel has ahead of him in reforming the law enforcement organisation.