Ill., questioned Kash Patel about his support of President Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 rioters convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers, including those who have since committed other crimes. Patel would not say if he believed the pardons made America safer.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and ranking member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asked President Trump on Tuesday to provide Congress with the “substantive rationale” behind his decision to fire 18 government agency watchdogs.

In a statement, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said that the freeze would have devastating implications for the “most vulnerable people in our country,” and described the Trump administration’s forceful disregard of Congress’s powers as a “dangerous move towards authoritarianism.”

Lawmakers are seeking clarity from the White House after the dismissal of 18 Inspectors General over the weekend, without congressional notification.

Illinois lawmakers are voicing strong concerns after the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze created widespread confusion and disruptions to critical services.

In a rare bipartisan move, the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to President Trump seeking an explanation for why he fired 18 inspectors general, who serve as federal agency watchdogs.

Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, asked a suite of agencies that previously employed Kash Patel to turn over information on possible misconduct of

Ill., on Tuesday slammed the decision to grant TV host Dr. Phil McGraw, a psychologist, access to the raids Sunday in Chicago, which McGraw streamed on his channel.

Dick Durbin (D-Ill ... from Bloomberg showing that Patel coordinated efforts with officials at the White House and Department of Justice, as well as Republican lawmakers, to declassify documents ...

The Trump administration’s weekend immigration sweeps that included nearly 1,000 arrests and have chilled many immigrant communities were followed by another blitz: A barrage of video and photos from the federal government showing agents in tactical gear and vests emblazoned with “Police ICE” and “Homeland Security” taking cuffed suspects away.

Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Senate judiciary chair, and the committee's top Democrat seek answers from Trump on firings of inspectors general

Today from the Senate floor, Senator Dick Durbin delivered remarks in which he went scorched earth on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his position on vaccines.