Tenn., on Elon Musk's latest order to federal workers, the swearing in of FBI Director Kash Patel, the president and Maine's governor's clash over transgender athletes and GOP unity over the budget plan.

The only Republicans to break ranks and vote against Patel were Alaska's Lisa Murkowski and Maine's Susan Collins. Every Democrat voted against the confirmation.

The 51-49 vote by the GOP-controlled Senate. saw Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska act as the lone Republican holdouts.

S.C., left, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, walk to the chamber as senators gather for the final vote on Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's

Democrats had complained about Patel's lack of management experience and highlighted incendiary past statements that they said called his judgment into question.

Senate vote puts an ideological ally of President Trump in charge of a bureau that he has vowed to radically change.

FBI Director Kash Patel offered a stern message to the media ... Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joined Democrats in opposing his nomination while Sen.

Patel, a Trump loyalist who has fiercely criticized the agency that he is poised to lead, inherits an FBI gripped by turmoil.