German foreign minister says first phase of Trump's Gaza plan achievable by next week
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Monday that the initial stage of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end the conflict in Gaza must...
FBI director Kash Patel will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday on the Kirk murder case, Epstein records, and his leadership of the bureau.
FBI director Kash Patel is appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a moment when the bureau is under close public and political scrutiny. His testimony comes in the aftermath of the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and amid continuing debate over how the Department of Justice and FBI manage sensitive investigations with wide public interest.
Patel drew attention last week when he inaccurately posted on social media that the person responsible for Kirk’s shooting had been taken into custody. The bureau later clarified that two individuals had been questioned and released without charges.
The actual suspect, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was arrested on Thursday evening, a day after the post.
Patel has pointed to the release of surveillance images and video as instrumental in securing Robinson’s capture. President Donald Trump defended Patel’s handling of the investigation, saying the bureau had acted effectively under difficult circumstances.
At the same time, Patel is expected to be questioned about the Justice Department’s July decision, outlined in an unsigned memo, not to release additional materials from the Epstein investigation. Epstein, a financier and convicted offender, died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges related to trafficking and abuse of minors. The determination not to make further investigative records public sparked criticism from political commentators and supporters who had anticipated a wider release of information about Epstein’s connections.
Democratic members of the panel are also likely to raise questions about the internal management of the FBI. Last week, three former senior FBI officials filed a lawsuit claiming they were dismissed for not being sufficiently aligned with Trump. According to the lawsuit, Patel emphasised the importance of his social media presence and privately stated that his role depended on removing officials who had been involved in prior investigations concerning Trump.
The FBI has declined to comment on the case.
Patel, who had previously built a reputation as a strong supporter of Trump’s claims of bias within the FBI, has less law enforcement experience than his recent predecessors. Under his leadership, the bureau has removed a large number of senior officials, including those with extensive experience in countering national security threats.
Supporters of Patel argue that these changes are necessary to restore public confidence in the FBI and to address what they see as entrenched institutional bias.
Critics, however, have expressed concern that the loss of long-serving officials may weaken the agency’s ability to manage complex investigations.
The Senate hearing is expected to focus on Patel’s communication during sensitive investigations, the standards for releasing information to the public, and the broader issue of how the FBI maintains independence from political influence.
With tensions in the United States already heightened, Patel’s testimony is being closely watched as a test of both his leadership and the bureau’s ability to balance public transparency with investigative integrity.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Monday that the initial stage of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end the conflict in Gaza must be implemented by the beginning of next week at the latest, while acknowledging that other elements of the proposal would take longer to resolve.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday found a militia leader guilty for the first time over atrocities committed in Sudan’s Darfur region more than two decades ago.
Protesters once again took to the streets of Madagascar’s cities on Monday, marking a third consecutive week of anti-government demonstrations now calling for President Andry Rajoelina to step down.
Iran and France indicated on Monday that talks on the release of two French citizens held in Iran in exchange for an Iranian national detained by France were progressing.
Ukraine’s military says it has carried out strikes on one of Russia’s main explosives factories and an oil terminal in occupied Crimea, escalating long-range attacks on key sites supporting Moscow’s war effort.
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