Bipartisan US Senators Urge #Pentagon 2 Release $400M in Aid 4 #Ukraine

Per #AssociatedPress, lawmakers sent letter, signed by #Democratic Senators #DickDurbin, #MichaelBennet & #CatherineCortezMasto, & #Republican Senators #ChuckGrassley, #KevinCramer & #ThomTillis, 2 US #DefenseSecretary #PeteHegseth demanding release of $600M in congressionally approved funding, including $400M intended 4 Ukraine & another $200M 4 defense programs in #Estonia, #Latvia, & #Lithuania.

https://uatv.ua/en/bipartisan-u-s-senators-urge-pentagon-to-release-400-million-in-aid-for-ukraine/

US Top News and Analysis | DOJ's handling of Epstein files to get congressional watchdog scrutiny

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Sen. Jeff Merkley (D‑OR), joined by Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R‑AK), Ben Ray Luján (D‑NM) and Dick Durbin (D‑IL), announced that the Government Accountability Office will investigate the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files after the DOJ was accused of heavily redacting the names of powerful business and elected officials and failing to protect victims as required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The lawmakers allege the department violated the law’s mandate for full disclosure, noting that the Trump administration has been “cruelly denying ‘equal justice under the law’” to Epstein’s victims and that the investigation is a crucial step toward accountability. The probe follows criticism of the DOJ’s release process, the firing of former Attorney General Pam Bondi, and a separate internal DOJ watchdog audit requested by Merkley, Murkowski, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal to assess compliance with the 2025 release deadline.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/28/jeffrey-epstein-doj-gao-congress.html

#JeffreyEpstein #JeffMerkley #DonaldTrump #EpsteinAct #LisaMurkowski #BenRayLujn #DickDurbin #RichardBlumenthal #PamBondi

Durbin and Raskin call for perjury investigation into DHS’ Kristi Noem

#JamieRaskin #DickDurbin #KristiNoem #DHS #Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktfri2EVGec

The SAFE Act Is An Imperfect Vehicle For Real Section 702 Reform

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/17/the-safe-act-is-an-imperfect-vehicle-for-real-section-702-reform/

Kristi Noem struggles as Republicans & Democrats grill her in fiery Senate hearing

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/kristi-noem-struggles-senate-hearing

Ron Wyden Is Begging His Colleagues To Stop Trying To Hand Trump A Censorship Weapon

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/03/ron-wyden-is-begging-his-colleagues-to-stop-trying-to-hand-trump-a-censorship-weapon/

Unsurprising, but still shocking

Noem says >250 #DACA recipients #arrested & dozens #deported in 2025

#DHS Secy #KristiNoem said in a letter to #Democratic Sen #DickDurbin & other senators that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program provides just that, a deferral of removal “for a period of time.” [dog killing demon]

Durbin & Sens #AlexPadilla (D-CA) & #MarkKelly (D-AZ) blasted the treatment of DACA recipients, known as #Dreamers.

#Trump #law #immigration
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-epstein-cuba-updates-2-26-2026#0000019c-9ac3-d13d-a79e-fef3246e0000