President Trump's border buildup has been so successful that America's southern neighbors are now dealing with a startling new problem: migrants streaming south, trying to return back home after realizing they wouldn't make it to the U.S.
Senate Republicans on Wednesday began consideration of their budget blueprint that sets instructions for forthcoming legislation featuring up to $345 billion in funding for border security, immigration enforcement and defense needs.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cleared a Senate test vote on Wednesday, placing him on the path to confirmation as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services after a difficult vetting process that focused on his vaccine views.
The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday advanced Jamieson Greer's nomination to serve as U.S. trade representative, a role of outsized significance, given President Trump's penchant for using tariffs as a bargaining tool with foreign nations.
A Chicago Democrat who once set much of Illinois' political agenda as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history was convicted of some charges Wednesday in a mixed verdict in his high-profile corruption trial.
Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard appears to have cemented her new political home in the GOP, winning Senate confirmation as President Trump's director of national intelligence with all but one Republican supporting her.
The FBI on Tuesday said it discovered 2,400 new records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as federal agencies work to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order last month to release thousands of files.