Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

Arcs in the news about Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Organization · 52 stories · 149 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 20, 2023

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Kash Patel at the FBI, from his nomination to the fights over his tenure

18 of 30 stories this year · 2 about Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

Takeaways from FBI director nominee Kash Patel’s combative confirmation hearing · 27 articles, Jan 29Trump's pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, says he has no enemies list and won't seek retribution · 9 articles, Jan 30Senate Democrats delay key vote on confirmation for Trump FBI pick Kash Patel · 8 articles, Feb 6Senate panel advances nomination of Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to lead the FBI · 24 articles, Feb 11Susan Collins will vote against Kash Patel as Donald Trump’s FBI director · 8 articles, Feb 19Trump Loyalist Kash Patel Is Confirmed as FBI Director by the Senate Despite Deep Democratic Doubts · 96 articles, Feb 19FBI Director Kash Patel to take over ATF, reports say · 40 articles, Feb 21New FBI director Kash Patel plans to relocate 1,500 employees · 11 articles, Feb 22FBI Director Kash Patel wants to bring the UFC to the FBI, sources say · 10 articles, Feb 27Kash Patel has been replaced by Army Secretary Driscoll as acting head of the ATF, AP sources say · 25 articles, Apr 9Kash Patel announces FBI ditching DC headquarters, transferring 1,500 agents · 15 articles, May 16Fired FBI officials sue Kash Patel, alleging ‘campaign of retribution’ · 12 articles, Sep 10FBI Director Kash Patel clashes with skeptical Democrats at contentious hearing - Boston News, Weather, Sports · 6 articles, Sep 16FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, sources say · 31 articles, Sep 27FBI boss Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials 3D-printed guns illegal to possess under local laws · 14 articles, Sep 30Michigan lawyer says a Halloween terror plot that FBI Director Kash Patel described never existed · 16 articles, Oct 31FBI agents fired for kneeling during 2020 protest sue over termination · 26 articles, Dec 8FBI permanently closing HQ at J. Edgar Hoover Building, Kash Patel announces · 18 articles, Dec 27

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Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else8 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories that name Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

  1. Sep 12– 16Trump signs order to deploy National Guard to Memphis79 articles · 46 independent sources
    3 left, 18 center, 8 right
  2. Aug 1– 3Former US soldier is suspected in Montana bar shooting that killed 4, prompting manhunt58 articles · 31 independent sources
    1 left, 17 center, 7 right
  3. Jul 26Grenade missing from scene of explosion that killed 3 LA deputies12 articles · 11 independent sources
    2 left, 4 center, 3 right
  4. Apr 27– 28More than 100 immigrants detained at an illegal after-hours nightclub in Colorado59 articles · 36 independent sources
    3 left, 10 center, 5 right
  5. Mar 26– 27Justices uphold ghost gun regulation61 articles · 47 independent sources
    6 left, 17 center, 6 right
  6. Mar 24– 25FBI launches task force targeting anti-Tesla “domestic terrorism”23 articles · 16 independent sources
    2 left, 6 center, 4 right
  7. Jan 8– 15Maps: See how large the California wildfires are62 articles · 22 independent sources
    8 left, 9 center, 3 right

Local coverage

  1. Mar 27Justice Department eyes combining ATF and DEA as part of broad restructuring7 articles · 7 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 1 right
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