Laken Riley Act clears second Senate hurdle as Democrats demand changes
Bipartisan legislation to more easily deport migrants in the country illegally cleared a second procedural vote Monday ...
Senate immigration bill aims to overturn Supreme Court precedent in a sea change for legal system, experts say
Anti-immigrant state officials and federal judges would have new power to dictate immigration enforcement– including whether ...
Trump nominees face tough Senate hearings this week. California senators are skeptical
She met with former Syria President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus seven years ago. He has been accused of atrocities against ...
Vance resigning his Senate seat at midnight
Vice President-elect JD Vance (R-Ohio) announced on Thursday he will resign from his seat in the Senate, effective at the ...
Migrant detention bill before U.S. Senate could give Texas more sway over immigration policy
Under the bill, called the Laken Riley Act, state attorneys general like Ken Paxton would have the ability to challenge ...
JD Vance to resign Senate seat at midnight to become Trump’s vice-president; DeWine to pick his successor
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Barely two years after Cincinnati Republican JD Vance was sworn in as Ohio’s junior U.S. Senator, his ...
Vice President-elect JD Vance to resign from the Senate
Vance made his intentions known in a letter to Ohio Republican Governor Mike DeWine, who will choose his successor.
When presidents would send handwritten lists of their nominees to the Senate, things were a lot different
For positions such as U.S. attorney, assistant secretary of state or director of the Bureau of Land Management, presidents usually submit nominations to the Senate when the Senate is in session. The ...