WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 1: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Alternative Crop) Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) pauses while speaking to reporters off the Senate floor after the Senate passes President Donald Trump's so-called "One, Big, Beautiful Bill," Act at the U.S. Capitol Building on July 1, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance was the tie-breaking vote as President Donald Trump's so-called "One, Big, Beautiful Bill," Act passes in the Senate. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Senate Majority Leader Thune expresses hesitancy after Trump demands end to ‘Blue Slip scam’ allowing Dem Senators to block GOP appointees

President Donald Trump asked Senate Majority Leader John Thune to terminate the Senate’s “Blue Slip” tradition — an informal courtesy allowing home-state senators from either party to block or withhold approval for certain presidential nominees, such as federal judges and U.S. attorneys, by not returning a “blue slip” form to the Judiciary Committee.

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(Background) WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 6: Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) (C), accompanied by (L-R) Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on October 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Grassley has released a document he says came from a whistleblower, alleging that the FBI subpoenaed the phone records of eight Republican senators during an investigation.(Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) / (R) WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 6: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) (C), accompanied by (L-R) Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), holds up documents as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on October 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Grassley has released a document he says came from a whistleblower, alleging that the FBI subpoenaed the phone records of eight Republican senators during an investigation.(Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Grassley: Biden’s FBI targeted 8 GOP senators’ personal cell phones in ‘Arctic Frost’ probe

A newly obtained FBI document has revealed that the agency, under the Biden administration, targeted the personal cell phones of eight Republican senators and one Republican House member as part of its “Arctic Frost” investigation, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said on Monday.

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 8: Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel speaks during a the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Patel testified before the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee about the FBI's FY2026 budget request. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Report: Patel discovered ‘burn bags’ with thousands of sensitive documents relating to Russian collusion hoax in ‘secret room’

FBI Director Kash Patel has revealed that he found a hidden cache of sensitive documents related to the Trump–Russia investigation in “burn bags” — being “stashed” in a secret room inside the bureau, according to a Fox News report.

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L| Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) presides over a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on April 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing titled "Rule by District Judges II: Exploring Legislative Solutions to the Bipartisan Problem of Universal Injunctions." (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) R| Representative Rick Crawford, a Republican from Arkansas, listens during a House Intelligence Committee hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Al Drago / POOL / AFP) (Photo by AL DRAGO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Senate Judiciary Chairman Grassley and House Permanent Select Comm. on Intelligence Chairman Crawford request FBI to review thumb drives containing Hillary Clinton emails

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, along with House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rick Crawford, have requested FBI Director Kash Patel to conduct a deeper investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013. 

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