Patel, Trump’s nominee to be FBI director, was paid $25,000 last year by a film company that has promoted anti-Western views ...

The holdups are due to a combination of procedural, political and paperwork problems ... such as Minority Whip Dick Durbin. Schumer’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

Patel should face withering questioning by senators who care about the importance of Americans' trusting the FBI to do the right thing.

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Ranking member Dick Durbin (D-CT) said Patel’s past rhetoric was what “you expect of the Stasi.” A Trump transition spokesman, was unfazed with the material that cropped up during Bondi’s ...

Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), ranking member of the committee ... but he had submitted all his paperwork. Greer, a partner at King & Spalding, was previously chief of staff to the U.S. trade ...

President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a joint news conference as the two leaders work toward a ...

Hampsten said Durbin also showed his effectiveness during Trump’s first term when he “served as a crucial voice pushing back ...