Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Tuesday requesting he explain the recent firings of 18 inspectors general across the federal government. Grassley is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Durbin is the ranking member.

Days after President Donald Trump terminated more than a dozen Inspector Generals around the federal government, two high-profile senators are seeking more information on the dismissals.

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.”

Patel told senators he would commit himself to "due process and transparency" if confirmed as the bureau's director.

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

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

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with former U.S. Congressman Sean Duffy, President Donald Trump’s nominee t

Kash Patel, nominee for FBI director under Donald Trump, faced intense questioning during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. His history of controversial claims, particularly regarding the FBI, drew criticism from Democrats.

Patel is a controversial nominee, having long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.

A year after the Inland Northwest became the testing ground for a new computer system that promised to revolutionize veterans' health care, leaders at the Department of Veterans Affairs had received grave warnings from staff at Spokane's VA hospital and evidence that flaws in the software had contributed to serious patient harm.

Trump's FBI nominee spared with lawmakers for hours on Thursday, and was caught in several less than honest statements

The song features inmates of the District of Columbia jail who had been charged and, in some cases, convicted of assaulting police officers on Jan. 6, 2021.