Under these changes, an illegal migrant convicted of a capital offense, such as murder or rape of a child, would receive a mandatory death penalty. Additionally, if an illegal migrant is a member of a gang and commits a crime, they would receive the maximum sentence allowed for their crime.

Republican lawmakers re-introduced a piece of legislation which would ban the use of federal funds for abortions or health coverage that includes abortion this week.   If passed, the bill would

Hegseth has tended to blame “left-wing media” for turning him into a victim of a “smear campaign” orchestrated by “anonymous sources.”

The Associated Press projected that Republicans Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis easily won primaries in the seats once represented by Mike Waltz and Matt Gaetz.

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, confirmed that he paid $50,000 to a woman who accused him of sexual assault back in 2017.

In an executive order, the president also moved to end gender-related medical treatments for transgender people in prison.

The number, possibly an undercount, underscores the effect of blocking the procedure for one of the state’s most vulnerable populations.

Nonetheless, Texas’ abortion ban, which threatens providers with life in prison among other steep penalties, offers no exception for rape. One year before Roe, in September 2021, the state enacted SB 8,

Democrats who control the Virginia Senate rejected nine of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s board appointments in a move the governor called “petty.”

A day after the Florida Republican-controlled Legislature rebuked Ron DeSantis by passing an immigration bill called the TRUMP Act that ignored some of the governor’s priorities, the governor took to the road to blast the measure once again on Wednesday,

The Trump White House is touting a handful of ICE arrests of illegal immigrants identified as the "worst criminals," including men convicted of child rape and alleged terror ties.

With his criticism of U.S. Catholic bishops for supporting immigrants, Vice President JD Vance has reignited years of GOP attacks on the Catholic Church as both sides navigate an issue