The 51-49 vote by the GOP-controlled Senate. saw Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska act as the lone Republican holdouts.

S.C., left, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, walk to the chamber as senators gather for the final vote on Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's

Tenn., on Elon Musk's latest order to federal workers, the swearing in of FBI Director Kash Patel, the president and Maine's governor's clash over transgender athletes and GOP unity over the budget plan.

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.

Trump FBI Director Kash Patel's confirmation was the result of a significant and long-term effort to get senators' support.

New FBI Director Kash Patel has told senior officials that he plans to relocate 1,000 employees at FBI headquarters to field offices around the country and move an additional 500 to a bureau facility in Huntsville,

Moderate GOP Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, revealed she will not back President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the FBI, Kash Patel. "The nomination of Kash Patel to serve as Director of the FBI comes to the Senate against the backdrop of recent ...

T he Senate confirmed Kashyap “Kash” Patel as the new FBI director on Thursday in a Senate vote that largely fell along party lines. 51 Senators voted in favor of Patel's confirmation, against 49 no votes, cementing him as the director of the nation’s leading federal law enforcement agency.

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