Democrats in the Senate are on the fence over whether to cross the aisle to help Republicans pass the Laken Riley Act, legislation that cleared the GOP House on Tuesday with bipartisan support and ...

From left, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., talk to ...

A GOP resolution condemning protests in Los Angeles against ICE raids got some Democratic support — just not a lot.

Democrats in the Senate are on the fence over whether to cross the aisle to help Republicans pass the Laken Riley Act, legislation that cleared the GOP House on Tuesday with bipartisan support and ...

The Laken Riley Act, a bill named after Georgia nursing student Laken Riley who was murdered by an illegal alien in February 2024, needed at least 60 votes to advance. The final vote Friday was 61-35.

Senate Democrats express frustration over their leadership's handling of the Laken Riley Act, a bill some view as terrible policy. They wanted a chance to offer amendments.

The Senate vote will be the first to take place since Republicans took control of the chamber. In the Senate, the Laken Riley Act is co-sponsored by two Democrats — Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa ...

“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.

Democratic Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin, one of several elected Democrats seeking to lead the party out of the wilderness, issued ...

An amended version of the Laken Riley Act passed through the Senate Monday night with bipartisan support in a vote of 64 to 35. “We are a proud nation of immigrants. We are also a nation of laws ...