Congress sends Laken Riley Act to Trump's desk as first bill of GOP's Washington takeover
The House of Representatives has passed the Laken Riley Act again and is sending it to President Donald Trump's desk.
Congress passes immigrant detention bill, sending Trump the first law he can sign
Donald Trump is remaking the traditional boundaries of Washington, unleashing unprecedented executive orders and daring anyone to stop him. Here’s the latest: Lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s immigration policies are piling up The American Civil Liberties Union have sued to overturn fast-track deportations after the Trump administration announced it was expanding powers of immigration
What Is the Laken Riley Act? A Look at the First Bill Trump Will Sign
La., puts his signature on the Laken Riley Act with members of the Georgia congressional delegation attending, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) President Donald Trump is poised to sign the first bill of his new administration,
Congress passes Laken Riley Act. Bill heads to Donald Trump's desk for expected signature
The bill would require law enforcement to detain immigrants without legal status arrested for crimes including larceny and shoplifting.
Congress passes Laken Riley Act in early win for Trump on immigration
The bill, named after Laken Riley - a Georgia nursing student murdered last year by a Venezuelan man - passed the House of Representatives a day after it was approved by the Senat
What is the Laken Riley Act? Congress passes immigrant detention bill; what it means
Congress passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support. Here's what the strict measure really means for undocumented immigrants.
The party’s over: Trump White House cracks down on aides drinking with lawmakers in Washington
The nation’s capital is notoriously hard-drinking, but leadership reportedly expects staffers to socialize sober ...
The Latest: Congress passes immigrant detention bill, sending Trump the first law he can sign
Donald Trump is remaking the traditional boundaries of Washington, unleashing unprecedented executive orders and daring ...
Gov. Greg Abbott asks Congress to reimburse $11 billion Texas spent on border security
Gov. Greg Abbott asked Congress to reimburse the state for billions of dollars in Texas taxpayer money spent on border security during former President Joe Biden’s administration. In letters Thursday ...
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Full Speed Ahead for Nation’s First Long-Term Care Social Insurance Program in Washington State
In November, Washington State voters defeated a ballot measure that would have significantly undermined the nation’s first social insurance program for long-term care by a surprisingly comfortable 55 ...
Congress left out in the cold over inauguration switch: ‘We don’t know squat’
The announcement took lawmakers and their aides by surprise, with several sources telling the Washington Examiner that prior ...
Washington congressional delegation reacts to Trump’s inauguration
For Washington’s heavily Democratic congressional delegation, Monday was a complicated day. On one hand, they applauded the ...
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Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on how Trump and Washington have changed since his first term
NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest ...
Michael Baumgartner has big plans for his first term representing Eastern Washington in Congress
Rep. Michael Baumgartner, a first-term Republican from Spokane, has especially big shoes to fill after being elected to ...
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'All for one and one for all': Team Maryland shares legislative goals for 119th Congress
Members of Maryland's congressional delegation laid out their plans for the new congress on Thursday in Washington, D.C.
Congress gives Trump deja vu with standoff over second-term agenda
Donald Trump won’t be sworn in until Monday, but he is already playing referee to an intraparty dispute over how to pass his ...
Trump push to use tariffs to pay for tax cuts faces opposition in Congress
U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing a plan to explicitly use revenue from higher tariffs on imported goods to help pay for ...