Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is making it easier to get guns and harder to enforce regulations ...

The agency is working with the ATF general counsel to slash upwards of 50 regulations as the administration cuts the number of agency inspectors.

The move to cut gun licensing inspectors “reduces ATF’s capacity to regulate the firearms and explosives industries” by 40% and will save $82 million.

The proposal would cut 541 of the approximately 800 inspectors at the ATF, reducing the agency’s regulatory capacity by about ...

The move is part of the Trump administration’s effort to defang and downsize the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ...

The alleged scheme involved ATF officials hiring law enforcement agents for HR positions while still classifying them as law enforcement officers — thus boosting their pay and benefits.

Two Senate Republicans are calling for immediate corrective action at the ATF where they say supervisory officials turned a blind eye to criminal misconduct on Biden's watch.

Indian-origin FBI Director Kash Patel has been quietly removed as the acting head of the ATF, just weeks after taking charge. His replacement, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, now holds both roles.

Driscoll, who remains in his current military post, now oversees the ATF while also managing a $187 billion Army budget and more than 450,000 soldiers around the world.