The bill, which would impose harsher penalties on some people who are in the country illegally, is an early test of how far ...

The bill, named for a nursing school student who was murdered by a man in the country illegally, passed the House last year.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the Laken Riley Act to require federal authorities to detain illegal ...

Seven House Democrats flipped their votes to “yes” on a GOP-led bill named after the slain Georgia student Laken Riley that ...

Forty-eight Democrats joined Republicans in supporting legislation that aims to deport more migrants charged with nonviolent ...

Virginia Democrats will hold on to their narrow majorities in the state Legislature after winning special elections Tuesday ...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed its first major piece of legislation of the new Congress, the Laken Riley Act, ...

Both the House and the Republican-controlled Senate held their first voting days since November’s election, swearing in ...

Rep. Ashley V. Gantt of Miami will be ranking member on the PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee. On the State Administration Budget ...

Democrat JJ Singh is projected to defeat Republican Ram Venkatachalam in the special election for Virginia’s 26th state House ...

The party held onto two key seats in Loudoun County that will allow them to maintain control of the state’s legislature.

The House voted on Tuesday to pass a GOP-led bill to require detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes, ...