WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Senate today passed a stopgap spending bill, averting a partial government shutdown, after Democrats ...

Rep. Juan Vargas joined other Democratic lawmakers on Thursday to reintroduce the Neighbors Not Enemies Act, intended to ...

Demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. Department of Education on Friday morning to protest mass firings and what some are ...

US Sen. Mazie Hirono and 10 Senate colleagues are demanding answers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency about ...

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was appointed by President Donald Trump during his first term, has been affiliated with faith organizations, endorsed dissenting opinions, and has spoken ...

Military service leaders told senators Wednesday that passing a temporary budget that keeps defense spending largely flat ...

The East-West Center, which has suspended “nonessential expenditures” since being cut off from federal funding by the U.S.

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, and Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, are co-authors of the bill. Both Omar and Hirono are immigrants themselves.

Democratic lawmakers want to repeal the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which allows the president to detain or deport citizens of ...