The FBI director has not been a visible presence at ATF since becoming interim agency head. The Justice Department has proposed merging the agency with the DEA.

Republicans are well positioned to spike Biden gun regulations and exert their will over the agency tasked with regulating firearm dealers.

President Trump's new deputy director of the FBI Dan Bongino visited the offices of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) this week.With the photos below, the former NYPD ...

The ATF would be completely dismantled, which means that all its functions and responsibilities would effectively come to an end. The bill does not specify what would happen to the personnel ...

Many Republicans and the National Rifle Association have long viewed ATF with hostility, with some calling for it to be abolished. ATF has had only two Senate-approved directors since the position ...

Soon after the ATF announced the rule, far-right U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced a bill to abolish the agency. Gaetz has complained that the ruling punishes gun owners and veterans with disabilities.

led several House Republicans in introducing legislation that would abolish the agency completely. “I cannot imagine under any circumstance or administration where the ATF serves as an ally to ...

So far this session, GOP lawmakers have filed a range of firearm-related bills, such as legislation to abolish the ATF and another measure that would prohibit federal department or agency funding ...