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Senate GOP urges White House to declassify key remaining Crossfire Hurricane documents
Top GOP senators urged the White House to release three key sets of documents related to the Crossfire Hurricane investigation, which remain classified. Read More
‘Generational consequences’ await right-wing Supreme Court as Grassley digs in: column
Democrats’ sweeping Senate gains could set up a historic shift on the Supreme Court, and a 93-year-old Republican’s refusal to step aside may have widened their opening, a columnist argued Thursday.In a column for Public Notice, political scientist Tom Schaller wrote that the new Senate majority is Read More
Trump’s surprise judge pick blindsides GOP senators amid ‘power grab’: NYT
A last-minute move by President Donald Trump to stack the federal bench has left even some of his Republican allies caught off guard.Senate Republicans are scrambling to confirm as many as 25 of Trump's judicial nominees before Democrats take over the chamber in January, The New York Times reported Read More
Chuck Grassley, 93, Says He Won't Resign Despite Iowa's Democratic Sweep
The Iowa Republican was first elected to the Senate in 1980, and has said he plans to wait until 2027 before deciding on a ninth term. Read More
Republican Senator, 93, Shuts Down Calls on Him to Resign ASAP
The oldest member of Congress will not let Tuesday’s blue wave push him out before his term ends—despite many Republicans urging him to do so. Read More
Chuck Grassley, 93, won’t step down early after Democrat Rob Sand wins Iowa governorship
A spokesperson for Grassley told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday that he plans to serve out the remainder of his term. Read More
GOP senator's Jack Smith smear backfires with proof Trump conned MAGA faithful: analyst
A trove of records Republicans released to accuse Jack Smith of overreach instead documents something far more damaging for President Donald Trump.That's according to legal analyst Marcy Wheeler, who argued in a Thursday article on her blog emptywheel that thousands of donor checks Senate Judiciary Read More
Grassley says Republicans need to get ‘cranked up’ on social media for midterms
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley urged Republicans to amplify their social media voices and rally Iowa’s conservative voters to the polls in November. Read More
Ex-special counsel Jack Smith obtained personal info on 639K Republicans— including red MAGA hat buyers
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley dencounced the former prosecutor of President Trump for an “abuse of authority.” Read More
Massive trove of Republican voter and donor info breached in Biden DOJ probe: Senate chairman
Chuck Grassley alleges President Joe Biden's Justice Department collected invasive data on over 639,000 Republican voters and donors via Arctic Frost. Read More
Democrats are about to see the Jack Smith texts that blew up in a GOP senator’s face
WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee is demanding his colleagues across the aisle apologize to former special counsel Jack Smith after Missouri Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt launched false accusations at a recent hearing and called the former Justice Department official a “ Read More
Jack Smith is more trustworthy than Chuck Grassley
Readers talk about polio vaccines, special counsel Jack Smith, defunct steel mills and misogyny in letters published Oct. 5-11, 2026. Read More
Senate Republican punches back in fight over Jack Smith hearing
Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley rejected Wednesday his Democratic colleague's claims of improper procedure. Read More
Committee Democrats push Grassley for apology, records related to Smith gaffe
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats are pushing chair Chuck Grassley for an apology to Jack Smith and records related to Schmitt's gaffe. Read More
Jack Smith deputy pushed to repeal Speech or Debate Clause, docs show
Former special counsel Jack Smith's top deputy advocated repealing the Speech or Debate Clause, newly uncovered documents reveal. Sen. Chuck Grassley pressed Smith on the issue. Read More
Jack Smith's team got texts of dozens of reporters, bank info from thousands of Americans: Grassley
Former special counsel Jack Smith's team obtained communications from more than a dozen media outlets as part of the "Arctic Frost" probe that resulted in the indictment of President Trump, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) claimed during a Tuesday hearing. Read More
Chuck Grassley, oldest sitting US senator, laments dying in office under a Democratic governor
"I don't want a Democrat governor choosing my successor," Grassley said. Read More
Grassley Responds to GOP Senator John Curtis’s Request to Subpoena Don Jr.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley responded to Senator John Curtis's request to subpoena Don. Read More