More than a dozen elected officials were arrested Thursday while protesting conditions at a New York City immigration holding facility where a federal judge this week extended a court order requiring the government to shape up its treatment of detainees.

As encounters with federal immigration agents around Chicago increase, tactics used by activists and immigrant leaders to fight back are also escalating.

Shortly after the brutal murder of conservative star Charlie Kirk, an "assassination simulator" appeared on the children's online gaming site Roblox.

Senate Republicans on Thursday confirmed 48 of President Trump's nominees for various executive branch roles, using their new rules change to allow nominees to be confirmed in batches even when Democrats are filibustering.

President Trump on Thursday elaborated about designating Antifa as a terrorist organization, saying the government will investigate the left-wing group's funding and its incitement of riots.

President Trump said Thursday that the Federal Communications Commission could strip networks of their broadcasting licenses for regularly criticizing him.

Congressional Democrats are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration's crackdown on free speech, accusing the president of trying to silence his critics and lead the country down a "road to autocracy."