U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes says her focus will always be on everyday people, and she's working to expand opportunities for 13th District constituents.

Sen. James Lankford has been trying to pass legislation in response to an industry he believes will leave small towns without many pharmacy options.

Congress passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support. Here's what the strict measure really means for undocumented immigrants.

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The bill would require law enforcement to detain immigrants without legal status arrested for crimes including larceny and shoplifting.

Congress passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support. The House vote was 263-156 and included 46 Democrats with all Republicans in support. The Senate vote went 64-35 with 12 Democrats ...

Forty-six Democrats crossed party lines in voting to pass a bill requiring undocumented immigrants arrested for violent crimes to be held in jail pending trial.

The legislation will require immigration officers to detain immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally when they're accused of lower-level crimes like shoplifting.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the first bill of his new administration, and it is named after a slain Georgia nursing student whose name became a rallying cry during his White House campaign.

Some Democrats went along with the MAGA movement to pass a bill some of their own colleagues and constituents said will suspend due process and increase racial profiling.

The White House’s temporary pause on trillions in federal spending could set up a court fight over executive authority and Congress’s control of the purse.