Tim Scott clashes with Chuck Grassley, Dick Durbin over Nazi-linked bank probe

The leaders of two Republican-led committees are quietly locked in a behind-the-scenes turf battle. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who helms the Senate Banking Committee, sent a letter this week to Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the chair and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary panel, saying he was “surprised” to learn that

Capitol agenda: Republicans prepare DHS punt

With fewer than five days to go before a DHS shutdown, Senate Democrats have put bill text for full-year funding on the table. But another punt is probably still the best-case scenario, and it’s by no means guaranteed. — What Democrats are pitching: The draft legislation Democrats sent Republicans on Sunday would codify the immigration

Ghislaine Maxwell pleads the Fifth in House Oversight Epstein investigation

The congressional investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein hit its latest snag Monday morning when Epstein’s longtime associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, declined to answer questions in a sworn deposition. Maxwell, now serving a 20-year sentence for her part in Epstein’s sex trafficking scheme, invoked her Fifth Amendment right over video from a prison camp in