The Latest Breaking News from Dick Durbin

US senators propose legislation to limit ICE arrests and indefinite detention

Exclusive: Democrats Dick Durbin of Illinois and Alex Padilla of California seek to prevent unlawful arrests

The Guardian - US · Sep 25

Social Security checks are projected to be cut by $540 a month in six years

The trust fund that maintains the reserve money used to cover differences between earned income and annual Social Security benefits will be insolvent in six years if action is not taken

The Independent UK · Sep 24

John Cornyn lost his primary after Trump backed his opponent. He’s now supporting a probe into Trump Jr.

Donald Trump Jr. has faced backlash over foreign gifts

We Got This Covered · Sep 23

Kash Patel’s bizarre Senate hearing somehow landed on ‘victims’ of bestiality

ANALYSIS: In one of the strangest Trump administration appearances yet, Patel made jokes about canines and had to clarify he is not ‘into’ animal sex before getting into a yelling match with a Democratic senator about the midterms, writes Holly Baxter

The Independent UK · Sep 15

'What Planet Did You Parachute In From?': Senators Grill FBI Director Kash Patel Over Hiring Policy

FBI Director Kash Patel defended a reworked hiring policy and faced Sen. Dick Durbin's harshest attack yet in his first Senate hearing since 2025.

Latin Times · Sep 15

Kash Patel defends FBI hiring policy on applicants who have engaged in bestiality

Senators question FBI chief on move to cut restrictions on agent applicants who have engaged in bestiality

The Guardian - US · Sep 15

FBI chief Kash Patel defends loosening of employment standards on bestiality, prostitution

FBI Director Kash Patel is defending the bureau’s loosening of hiring requirements regarding prostitution and bestiality, saying the changes were meant to enable victims of those acts to apply for employment without fear of automatic disqualification

The Independent UK · Sep 15

Kash Patel Accused of Epstein 'Cover-Up' and Diverting 1,000 FBI Personnel To Flag Trump Mentions

At an oversight hearing, Senator Dick Durbin accused FBI Director Kash Patel of helping manage an alleged Epstein files cover-up, claims Patel has rejected as baseless.

International Business Times UK · Sep 15

How to avoid a Social Security cut? Lawmakers race to save retirement benefits

Democrat Dick Durbin and Republican Bill Cassidy are spending their final months as senators attempting to protect tens of millions of Social Security beneficiaries from a projected 22% cut starting in six years

The Independent UK · Aug 26

US Senate launches investigation into Roblox: 'Children on your platform are hurting. Congress will not look the other way'

Roblox says it "looks forward to sharing the facts" with the investigative committee.

PC Gamer · Aug 14