The Permanent Trump Secure Border Act would criminalize visa overstays, end catch and release and tighten asylum eligibility if it clears the House floor.
A House Republican asked the Smithsonian director if Mickey Mouse is racist, citing an exhibit linking the character to blackface minstrelsy traditions.
The top federal prosecutor in Seattle who was fired last week less than an hour after being sworn in sued over his termination Tuesday, teeing up a legal challenge to the Trump administration's efforts to install its own picks in the powerful Justice Department posts.
A Mexican man who was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer in Florida after running from federal immigration officers was vacationing in the U.S. and had a tourist visa, according to a Mexican official and a group assisting his wife.
An arson charge was lodged Tuesday against a former Army soldier accused of going to a federal building in Manhattan that houses immigration court proceedings and setting a sidewalk fire, igniting fireworks and firing a pellet gun.
An active-duty soldier who was hit by a stray bullet during a shooting outside the White House announced on Tuesday that he plans to sue the Secret Service over his life-threatening injuries.
A chaotic Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor that has seen numerous candidates drop out and re-enter the race has threatened to leave thousands of voters who have already returned their ballots with worthless votes for the state's top office.
Troy Jackson, a former state Senate president and fifth-generation logger, is poised to replace Graham Platner on the Democratic ticket in the U.S. Senate race in Maine.
The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday advanced Jay Clayton's nomination to serve as the next Director of National Intelligence, as GOP leaders aim to confirm him to the role before the August congressional recess.
