The act requires the federal government to detain foreign nationals charged with crimes. WASHINGTON—President Donald J. Trump, on Jan. 29, signed into law the Laken Riley Act, the first piece of legislation to receive his assent during his second term. The act is named after the late Laken Hope Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student at
Washington — President Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act, which aims to expand the federal government’s mandate to detain immigrants who are in the country illegally, marking the first legislation signed in Mr. Trump’s new term. The Laken Riley Act, named after a 22-year-old nursing student who was murdered by an undocumented Venezuelan
Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee to serve as FBI director, is set to appear Thursday on Capitol Hill for a high-stakes confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee amid calls from Republicans for massive reforms in FBI leadership and concerns from Democrats about his fitness to lead the nation’s top law enforcement agency. Patel —
President Donald Trump's Health and Human Services nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., told lawmakers that he agrees that 'every abortion is a tragedy.'
A new report claims TikTok participates in suppressing content critical of President Donald Trump as the new administration works to keep the app available in the U.S.
Senate Democrats announced they would coordinate with blue state governors to fight back against Trump's federal funding freeze, which could hold up trillions of dollars in assistance.
CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounder is pointing out some of Kennedy’s contradictions on vaccines. He has commented that “there’s no vaccine that is safe and effective,” but also said “some of the live-virus vaccines are probably averting more problems than they’re causing.” RFK Jr. has repeated false claims linking vaccines to autism —