The southern border saw one of its least chaotic months under President Biden in April as migrants flock to take advantage of the administration's invitation for would-be illegal immigrants to come through "parole" programs.

The House Oversight Committee shuffled its schedule, bumping a hearing to hold Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress so some of its members could instead attend former President Trump's hush money trial. The panel was set to meet early Thursday, an hour after a twin resolution censuring Garland would likewise be considered by the House Judiciary Committee. Instead, it...

Talking about the city’s shortage of lifeguards, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said migrants could fill the openings because they are “excellent swimmers.” He later noted that his comment was based on past conversations with migrants. Adams was asked about the city’s lifeguard shortage at his weekly news conference on Tuesday. He wondered aloud, asking if...

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) praised former President Trump and President Biden's decision to debate one another but said he thinks independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should also be included. Asked by Fox News’s Bret Baier what he makes of the announcement Wednesday about the debates, which will take place in June and September, ahead...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defended his decision to attend former President Trump’s hush money trial in New York earlier this week, calling the case an “atrocity.” In an interview with NBC News, Johnson said he rode in the car with the former president from Trump Tower to the Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday, where Trump sat...

A federal appeals court rejected a bid from a group of Maryland parents to require Montgomery County Public Schools to allow them to opt their children out of lessons that involve LGBTQ-inclusive material. A divided three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court decision denying a preliminary injunction on the basis that the...

New York Senator Kevin Parker allegedly shoved a lobbyist and had to be restrained by onlookers before a committee meeting on energy and communications.