The Laken Riley Act passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon, the first piece of federal legislation approved by the 119th Congress after the House agreed to its rules for the term.

Two Democratic senators have already signed on to the legislation, meaning it needs just five more in order to avoid a ...

The House passed legislation sanctioning the International Criminal Court on Thursday in protest of its arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In one of the new Congress ...

New legislation would hand state attorneys general veto power over large swaths of federal immigration policy.

Unauthorized immigrants charged with nonviolent crimes could be be deported. The House voted at 1 p.m. Tuesday on the Laken Riley Act, passing the bill as its first piece of legislation of the ...

All Republicans and 48 Democrats passed the bill in a 264-159 vote that will allow federal authorities to detain illegal immigrants who have committed theft-related crimes, as well as give states ...

Washington — The House approved its first policy legislation of the new Congress on Tuesday with a bill aimed at addressing illegal immigration. The Laken Riley Act would require the Department ...

The House on Thursday passed legislation to sanction officials with the International Criminal Court (ICC), pushing back against the court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime ...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation that would require deportations of undocumented immigrants charged with minor crimes. The 264-159 vote to pass the Laken Riley Act would ...

ATLANTA — The U.S. House of Representatives has passed Republican-backed legislation named in honor of Georgia murder victim Laken Riley as the first act of the new Congress. The Laken Riley Act ...

The United States House of Representatives voted Tuesday to pass a bill designed to tackle illegal immigration, named after Georgia student Laken Riley, who was murdered by an illegal immigrant.