Tag: Congress

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) talks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol.

Using the Minneapolis violence to push immigration reform

Byron York · January 27, 2026 8:09 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives at his office as the Senate returns at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats draw red line on new ICE guardrails: ‘Fix should come from Congress’

David Sivak, Ramsey Touchberry · January 27, 2026 7:12 pm

Collage of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).

Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski call for Noem’s ouster as GOP frustrations grow

Ramsey Touchberry · January 27, 2026 6:35 pm

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, pauses in the door to the chamber to answer a question from a reporter as the Senate works to avert a partial government shutdown ahead of the midnight deadline, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025.

Susan Collins asks Noem to pause deploying ICE to Maine and Minnesota

Rachel Schilke · January 27, 2026 4:50 pm

Rep. Veronica Escobar looking beyond her with hands clasped and microphone in front of her.

Texas Democrat admits shutdown over DHS will still allow funding ‘for years’

Jenny Goldsberry · January 27, 2026 4:17 pm

A collage of Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting Director Todd Lyons, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edlow.

ICE and immigration directors to testify before House Homeland Security Committee

Rachel Schilke · January 27, 2026 4:06 pm

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks to employees at the Department of Homeland Security.

House Democrats tell Trump to fire Noem and threaten impeachment

Lauren Green · January 27, 2026 3:20 pm

Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) asks questions during a House Committee hearing on Capitol Hill.

Vern Buchanan announces retirement as House GOP sees waves of departures

Rachel Schilke · January 27, 2026 2:44 pm

A collage of Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) and former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown.

Sherrod Brown loses fourth union endorsement to Republican Jon Husted

David Sivak · January 27, 2026 12:30 pm

U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY).

Mike Lawler urges Congress to devise ‘path to legal status’ for illegal immigrants post Minnesota unrest

Rachel Schilke · January 27, 2026 11:19 am

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL).

Democratic candidates vying to fill Durbin’s Senate shoes all noncommittal on Schumer leadership

Claire Carter · January 27, 2026 10:28 am

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., center, joined by, from left, Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters at the Capitol, in Washington, Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Democrats’ ICE funding halt could leave FEMA stranded after monster snowstorm

Rachel Schilke · January 27, 2026 7:00 am