The Laken Riley Act is roiling the Senate Democratic Conference, as senators believe their party bungled immigration and border security in 2024 but aren’t happy about the swift passage of a bill they view as terrible policy.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Oklahoma's James Lankford, is reviving efforts to make daylight saving time permanent with the Sunshine Protection Act.
Republican lawmakers are backing the incoming Trump administration’s push to slim down the administrative state.
The Senate has passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes.
OK, introduced the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which would prohibit health care practitioners from failing to exercise the proper degree of care for infants who survive abortions or attempted abortions.
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) confirmed on Sunday that he will vote to confirm former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as the Trump administration’s director of national intelligence, stressing that her views on a section in the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act remain unchanged.
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said in a Sunday interview that he will support President-elect Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii). In the ...
Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Rick Scott (R-FL) are seeking to officially “lock the clock” in re-introducing legislation with bipartisan support for the measure.
Newly in the minority, Democrats voted with Republicans on Thursday to advance legislation that would require federal authorities to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been accused of certain cri
Utah Republican Sens. Mike Lee and John Curtis voted in favor of the Laken Riley Act, which would require the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take an undocumented migrant into custody if charged with theft or other crimes.
Bondi, the former AG of Florida and lobbyist, is a much safer pick by comparison. But she is likely to face intense scrutiny from Democrats over the extent of her loyalty to Trump, given their fears about how the incoming president might seek to wield the government's justice system against his foes.
After days of debate, the U.S. Senate is scheduled early next week for a final vote on the Laken Riley Act, a bill that would empower law enforcement to detain any illegal immigrants accused of theft-related crimes or assaulting law enforcement.