The Senate on Thursday advanced a bill known as the Laken Riley Act that is aimed at expanding the federal government's ...

The Laken Riley Act was passed on a 264-159 vote, with 48 House Democrats joining the Republican majority. The bill will now ...

The measure easily cleared the 60-vote filibuster but marked the first of likely several procedural hurdles before ...

Washington — The Senate appears poised to advance a bill that would expand the federal government’s mandate to detain immigrants who are in the country illegally, with Republicans putting the issue ...

Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to overwhelmingly advance the Laken Riley Act on Thursday. The cloture vote was 84 ...

Thursday's vote to advance the Laken Riley Act does not guarantee the immigration bill will have enough votes to pass the ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the purpose of crossing the aisle to vote on legislation that he and most Democrats opposed in its current form was so it could hopefully be amended ...

Congressional Republicans campaigned on border security last year. So it should be of little surprise that their initial legislative action of 2025 focused on illegal immigration and tightening up the ...

The bill, which would require federal authorities to detain undocumented immigrants arrested for theft-related crimes, was the first to be voted on by the newly installed Republican-controlled Senate.

As Trump’s inauguration nears, Fetterman has shown the most receptiveness — and sometimes enthusiasm — to work with Trump of ...

Democratic leaders in the upper chamber reached across the aisle to open debate on the Laken Riley Act, hoping that ...