| President Donald Trump announced Saturday night that he has picked Kash Patel to be the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Patel, a Trump transition insider, was also angling to be deputy director of the CIA. That position would not have required Senate confirmation, unlike the FBI director post, which does. The president-elect also announced that he's selected Chad Chronister, sheriff of Hillsborough County, Florida, to serve as administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Chronister joins a long line of Floridians Trump has picked to join his administration. Trump made both announcements in posts to Truth Social. Read the latest
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