FBI director Kash Patel removed from ATF role amid leadership changes, replaced by...

Kash Patel's brief tenure as acting ATF director concluded with Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll stepping in, a move the Justice Department didn't publicly announce. This transition occurred amidst discussions of merging ATF with the DEA for cost-cutting. Attorney General Pam Bondi is forming a task force to enforce Second Amendment rights, involving the ATF.