Michael Allen, a GOP attorney general candidate, said he was “shocked" by a Democratic proposal to legalize prostitution, saying it would “open the floodgates" to human trafficking.
Former senator Joe Manchin accused John Cornyn of abandoning his longstanding support for the filibuster for political convenience, calling the reversal "deeply disappointing."
A U.N. human rights commission has issued an "urgent action" alert to the Trump administration warning that it has deported too many people, and citing it for "racial profiling and racist hate speech" against refugees and illegal immigrants.
The Senate on Thursday passed bipartisan legislation designed to boost supply and lower costs of housing, but it appears unlikely to pass the House without changes.