In his first week in office, President Donald Trump has enshrined only two genders, male and female, in federal policy through one of his slew of executive actions.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, freshly removed from an 18-year stint as GOP leader where his primary objective was to protect his party's interests, cast a vote Friday night showing he is willing to go against the grain as a rank-and-file senator.

The Senate is heading toward a vote on confirming Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald Trump's plans to clamp down on illegal immigration.

Homeland Security's deportation agency said that it arrested 593 more illegal immigrants on Friday, putting its two-day total above 1,000.

China's veteran foreign minister has issued a veiled warning to America's new secretary of state: Behave yourself.

President Donald Trump has said since his first administration that he wants to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right for everyone born in the United States.