Sen. Bill Cassidy said Tuesday that he would vote to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, as the Senate is expected to hold a final vote this week.

A Russian former World Chess Champion turned political activist and writer says U.S. Republicans and GOP lawmakers can’t have it both ways. Garry Kasparov took to social media to call out U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy.

Dan Bongino, the radio and podcast host tapped by President Trump to serve as deputy FBI director, has ripped Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy (La.) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) in the past, attacks that will draw more attention to his controversial nomination.

Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is facing backlash for supporting the confirmation of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. following the first U.S. measles death in a decade. Newsweek reached out for comment to Cassidy's office and HHS via email on Wednesday.

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Many people wondered why the senator and former doctor posted info supporting the vaccine while voting to confirm an anti-vaxxer to run HHS.

“Republicans ordered the sh-t sandwich and now complain about how it was cooked,” Kasparov said on X in response to Trump critic Ron Filipkowski pointing out that Cassidy was a deciding vote on vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being confirmed as Trump’s health secretary.

Sen. Bill Cassidy said Tuesday that he would vote to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, as the Senate is expected to hold a final vote this week.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) announced that he will vote to confirm Kash Patel, President Trump’s choice to lead the FBI. Cassidy, the chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee,

Dan Bongino, the radio and podcast host tapped by President Trump to serve as deputy FBI director, has ripped Republican senators Bill Cassidy (La.) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) in the past, attacks that will draw more attention to his controversial nomination.

As the country has scrambled to understand the implications of the directive, many Republicans are hearing from their constituents — and walking a tight rope: They’re publicly expressing concerns about the damage the cuts will do to crucial medical research in their home states while also praising Donald Trump and RFK Jr.

A Republican-led Senate committee is slated to hold a hearing Wednesday on President Donald Trump's nominee for labor secretary, Lori Chavez-DeRemer.