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.

Chuck Grassley (R-IA), left, confers with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL ... “We’re cleaning house of what doesn’t work for us and going forward,” an official ...

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

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.

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

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 ...

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 said Tuesday on CNN that former ... Minutes before President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday, the White House announced that Biden had granted preemptive pardons to ...

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

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.

President Joe Biden’s last days in the White House were packed with a series of policy ... prohibit discrimination based on sex in our Constitution,” said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. Biden also set a record with a last-minute flurry of clemency actions.

President Donald Trump’s new administration is looking ahead to key Senate hearings this week for three of his most controversial nominees.