All news on the topic: Chuck Grassley

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Trump White House ballroom project faces $1 billion taxpayer security cost despite “no public funding” pledge
For months, President Donald Trump depicted the large new ballroom he is constructing on White House grounds as a gift to the nation, thanks to patriotic private donors.
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Trump tells Congress Iran “hostilities have terminated” as War Powers deadline hits, igniting fresh constitutional clash over presidential war authority
On Friday, President Trump informed congressional leaders that "hostilities" with Iran have "terminated," addressing an important 60-day deadline under a law intended to restrict the unauthorized use of military force.
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Mounting concerns inside FBI as director Kash Patel faces scrutiny over erratic behavior, absences and leadership style
On Friday, April 10, as FBI Director Kash Patel was getting ready to leave work for the weekend, he had trouble logging into an internal computer system. He quickly became convinced that he was locked out, and he panicked, frantically calling aides and allies to declare that he had been fired by the White House, according to nine people familiar with his outreach. Two of these people described his behavior as a “freak-out.”
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Senate hearing to examine Swiss UBS and Credit Suisse banks’ facilitation of Holocaust-era transactions
An inquiry has uncovered 890 accounts at the Swiss lender Credit Suisse with possible Nazi connections, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley stated before a Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday regarding banks’ involvement in facilitating the Holocaust.
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New FBI files detail Burisma bribery allegations tying Joe and Hunter Biden to $100M Ukraine deal
Newly declassified FBI files released Tuesday by Sen. Chuck Grassley reveal more bribery allegations involving former President Joe Biden and ex-first son Hunter Biden that may have never been fully investigated.
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10 FBI whistleblowers punished under Biden win payouts, back pay and reinstatement
Ten FBI whistleblowers punished by the Biden administration for reporting instances of “political weaponization” within the bureau will receive lump sum payments for damages as part of settlement agreements made with the Justice Department, officials announced Tuesday.
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Exclusive | Senator Chuck Grassley tells 'Pod Force One' that the Russiagate and Biden scandals represent a government cover-up worse than Watergate
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) believes that recent federal controversies, ranging from Russiagate to the Biden family's alleged influence schemes, are part of a significant "government cover-up" that will eventually be recognized as more severe than Watergate
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Exclusive | Senator Chuck Grassley calls for an investigation into 'bureaucrats' who sidelined CBP whistleblowers and received promotions
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is calling for an inquiry into US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials who reportedly took retaliatory actions against whistleblowers. These whistleblowers had highlighted lapses in fingerprinting potentially dangerous criminal migrants at the southern border, The Post has learned exclusively
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FBI head Kash Patel discovers ‘burn bags’ containing Trump-Russia papers in a hidden room
FBI Director Kash Patel uncovered "burn bags" containing thousands of documents from the bureau's Trump-Russia investigation during the 2016 election cycle, a source knowledgeable about the findings informed The Post on Wednesday
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Chuck Grassley 'Upset' By Trump's Criticism Of Senate Rules For Judges
Amazingly, Republican Senators are at long last opposing Trump on an issue — the obscure "blue slip" custom of the Judiciary Committee
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Grassley criticizes Trump's pressure to push judicial nominees through the Senate: 'I felt insulted'
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) responded to President Trump's criticism regarding his commitment to upholding a tradition that Democrats have been using to block judicial appointments
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Trump urges Senator Chuck Grassley to take action and eliminate the 'ridiculous custom' delaying judicial appointments
President Trump on Tuesday called on Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to "take action" and eliminate a "ridiculous tradition" that lets senators block judicial nominees for courts within their own states
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DOJ watchdog reports that the FBI neglected to investigate crucial thumb drives in the Clinton email investigation
The FBI gave only a cursory examination to what could have been vital evidence in its investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state, according to a recently declassified watchdog report released on Monday
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Cory Booker throws tantrum, joins Dem walkout from Senate hearing on Trump judge pick Emil Bove
An enraged Sen. Cory Booker shouted over Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley for about seven minutes straight and joined Democrats in storming out of a hearing to advance President Trump's judicial nomination of Emil Bove
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Secret Service authorities knew about a 'classified threat' 10 days before the attempt on Butler's life, yet did not inform the agents assigned to protect Trump
High-ranking Secret Service officers neglected to communicate "classified threat information" concerning President Trump to the agents and law enforcement tasked with his protection at the Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign event last July, where an assassination attempt almost occurred, as stated in a congressional oversight report
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Senate GOP Strips Contempt Provision From Tax Bill — But Still Lets Trump Be King
They took language out of the House GOP's "big, beautiful bill" that limited courts' powers, but now want to price people out of being able to sue the government at all.
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Donald Trump's Controversial Pardons Make Some Republicans Squirm
"You got to be pretty careful," one Republican senator said of the president's decisions to grant clemency to white-collar criminals.
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The scope of the FBI's focus on 'radical traditionalist Catholics' is larger than Biden officials admitted, according to a GOP senator
Documents made public by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Tuesday seem to challenge former FBI Director Christopher Wray’s assertion that a controversial 2023 memo aimed at "radical traditionalist Catholics" was an isolated incident created by just one field office of the bureau
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Republican senators call for quick action against Biden administration ATF officials accused of allegedly defrauding taxpayers of $20 million, who remain employed by the federal government
Republican Senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley from Iowa urged the Justice Department on Monday to hold officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives during the Biden administration accountable for allegedly creating an "illegal scheme" to "misclassify" administrative roles as law enforcement positions
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Trump promotes CBP whistleblowers who called out failure to collect criminal DNA at border
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Monday that CBP agents Fred Wynn, Mike Taylor and Mark Jones will now hold supervisory roles and receive seven years of backpay and retirement benefits.
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Putin is "treating America like a fool," a leading GOP senator cautions, urging Trump to impose the "harshest sanctions" on Russia
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) called on President Trump on Friday to impose "the harshest sanctions" on Russia, stating that Vladimir Putin is "treating America like a fool."
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Chuck Grassley Confronted by Upset Residents at Iowa Town Hall
"Why aren't you fulfilling your duties, Senator?" one man questioned the Republican senator as Donald Trump's administration keeps defying the courts
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Trump threatens to veto bipartisan bill mandating congressional approval of tariffs
The Trade Review Act would require the executive to have any new tariffs agreed to by Congress within 60 days.
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A nonprofit organization in Texas housing migrant children received $3 billion in grants from the Biden administration and increased executive salaries by as much as 139% before Trump ended the funding
The largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children secured billions in grants from the Biden administration—and used this financial gain to increase, and in some cases double, the salaries of certain executives, according to records obtained by The Post
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Republican Senator Chuck Grassley Claims Trump Is Not Complying With The Law
The Iowa Republican stated that the president must inform Congress before dismissing watchdogs responsible for uncovering waste, fraud, and corruption