A battle over the FBI’s future headquarters brought Senate funding talks to a halt Thursday night, after Sen. Chris Van Hollen blocked progress on a key appropriations package unless the bill included stricter security requirements for the new facility.
The FBI’s push to relocate its headquarters to downtown Washington, D.C. cleared a major hurdle Thursday after a key Senate committee approved a funding shift that would scrap long-standing plans for a new suburban campus in Maryland.
A fight over the future home of the FBI’s headquarters derailed progress on a key Senate spending bill Thursday, adding uncertainty to lawmakers’ efforts to avoid a government shutdown before the Sept. 30 deadline.
Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley said Tuesday his committee plans to vote on FBI director nominee Kash Patel as early as next week.
FBI agents who searched U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez’s house in June 2022 found piles and piles of cash, along with 13 gold bars.
Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate are expected to move to quickly dismiss the impeachment case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
The labor union that represents Border Patrol agents and the acting CBP chief threw their weight behind a bipartisan Senate border security bill on Monday, but House Republicans appear poised to block it.
Sen. Bob Menendez declared his innocence during an emotional speech on the Senate floor on Tuesday, saying he intends to “prove my innocence” after the Justice Department filed new bribery charges against him.
