Barring a few exceptions, Senate Republicans on Tuesday largely deflected or altogether avoided questions about President ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, which was sponsored with bipartisan support, passed through Congress at the end of December, with a 76-20 vote in the Senate. The law has received mixed responses ...

“Senate Democrats want to weaken the Laken Riley Act to allow some criminal illegal aliens to remain free from detention to prey on Americans,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) wrote on X.

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said Sunday he is “a no” on the Laken Riley Act “as currently written.” “As currently written, I’m a no because it opens the doors for people simply being ...

Bills often pass the House, where the majority party can pass legislation on its own, before being tempered in the Senate through the amendment process. But the Laken Riley Act’s swift progress ...

Katie Britt (R-Ala.), who introduced the bill in the Senate. The Laken Riley Act has gained bipartisan support, with many Democrats joining Republicans in supporting the bill. It is named after ...

Senate President Ty Masterson listens during a hearing on Oct. 2, 2024. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab made the headlines he expected from announcing his run ...

But the instant I heard about his announcement, my thoughts turned to the man whose ambitions for the job have been gossiped about for years: Senate President Ty Masterson. As a high-profile, sharply ...

Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Thursday helped Republicans advance ... speaks during a news conference to discuss the Laken Riley Act at the U.S. Capitol on January 9 in Washington, D.C. The ...

Washington — The Senate on Thursday advanced a bill known as the Laken Riley Act that is aimed at expanding the federal government's mandate to detain immigrants who are in the country illegally.

The Laken Riley Act would expand mandatory detention to include noncitizens ... And while the new GOP majority in the Senate falls short of that number, with 52 Senate Republicans in attendance this ...