Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill Saturday that expands the state Supreme Court from five justices to seven as frustration has mounted among Republican lawmakers over a string of defeats before the tribunal.
A federal judge on Saturday ordered the government to release 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Ramos, from ICE custody, saying their detention offended the principles of America enshrined in the Declaration of Independence.
One year into the second term of President Donald Trump, his administration’s focus on undocumented immigrants has intensified, drawing outrage in recent weeks following shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Protests have broken out across the country, including in Texas, where local law enforcement agencies have hurried to sign up as force multipliers to help ICE achieve its stated mission “to make your community safer.”
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) has accused the Trump administration of using an FBI raid at a Georgia election office to instill “terror” and undermine trust in the country’s democratic institutions. The search for records related to the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., this week has raised eyebrows, with local officials questioning...
Two Democrats are vying to fill the House seat left vacant by the late Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas) Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee (D) and former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards (D) are running in the special election runoff in the 18th Congressional District after neither secured a majority in November to win outright....
Democrats are hoping for an upset in a special runoff election for a state Senate seat in Texas on Saturday. Democrat Taylor Rehmet, a local union leader, is facing off against Republican Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist in the Fort Worth-area district. Though the district is reliably red, Rehmet did better than expected in the...
House Democrats have informed GOP leaders that they will not help pass a funding package through a fast-track process, a source familiar confirmed to The Hill — complicating Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) plan to swiftly pass the measure and reopen the government. The decision, first reported by Punchbowl News, comes a day after Johnson told...
The federal government is under a partial shutdown after the Senate passed a five-bill funding package and a two-week stopgap measure, but the House will not vote on it until returns on Monday. Senate Democrats vowed to block what previously was a six-bill funding package that would channel money to several federal department, including the...
TSA officers stopped tens of thousands of terror-linked travelers from flying and seized dozens of loaded firearms at Miami International Airport over the last year, according to Noem.
Federal judge demanded the release of a detained 5-year-old and his illegal immigrant father from a Texas immigration facility, citing "traumatizing children."
