1 day ago · Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during her confirmation hearing before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on Jan. 17 in Washington, D.C. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security late Tuesday revoked an extension of temporary protective status for nearly 600,000 Venezuelans, according to ...

1 day ago · President Donald Trump attends inauguration ceremonies in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images).WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday rescinded a memo issued less than 48 hours earlier that had called for a spending freeze on numerous federal grant and loan programs.

Jan 21, 2025 · A barrier is erected around the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 3, as law enforcement prepares for the beginning of the 119th Congress and certification of the Electoral College votes (Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom).WASHINGTON — On the first day of Donald Trump’s presidency, the U.S. Senate Monday passed a bill that would require the expansion of mass detention for immigrants charged or arrested ...

2 days ago · Activists protest the agenda of President Donald Trump during a rally near the water tower on the Magnificent Mile on Saturday in Chicago, Illinois (Scott Olson/Getty Images).WASHINGTON — Immigration attorneys Monday detailed the impact on their clients, some of them undocumented children, after the Trump administration last week halted Department of Justice programs that fund nonprofits ...

3 days ago · Flags are draped on the North Portico of the White House, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, to commemorate September 11, 2001. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)WASHINGTON — The confirmations for President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks are moving at warp speed, with U.S. Senate floor votes for some and appearances for others before Senate panels this week.

Jan 22, 2025 · U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and wife Melania Trump arrive at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 8 in Washington, D.C. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., walks in back of them (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images).WASHINGTON — Republican congressional leaders huddled with President Donald Trump on Tuesday in search of a clear path forward to make sweeping changes to the country’s border ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Donald Trump at his inauguration ceremony in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Trump took office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.

Jan 6, 2025 · U.S. Senate pages carrying the Electoral College certificates in wooden ballot boxes walk through the Capitol rotunda on their way to the U.S. House chamber on Monday (Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom).WASHINGTON — Lawmakers certified President-elect Donald Trump’s win Monday in a smooth process that four years ago was disrupted by a violent mob of Trump supporters bent on stopping Congress ...

Jan 22, 2025 · U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley speaks to reporters at the governor's ham breakfast at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia on Aug. 15 , 2024 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).WASHINGTON — Barring a few exceptions, Senate Republicans on Tuesday largely deflected or altogether avoided questions about President Donald Trump’s broad clemency for over 1,500 defendants who stormed the U.S. Capitol on ...

Jan 14, 2025 · Migrants from Mexico and Guatemala are apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers after crossing a section of border wall into the United States on Jan. 4 in Ruby, Arizona (Brandon Bell/Getty Images).WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate this week is moving to pass a bill that immigration attorneys and experts warn could have far-reaching ramifications, such as swamping federal courts ...