When President Donald Trump made a measure named for a slain Georgia nursing student the first law he signed in his second term, it crystallized a deepening Democratic divide over immigration that could remake the generations-old debate.

Senate GOP leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is primed to hand President Trump a quick string of wins on his first days in office. Why it matters: Thune and Trump have a complicated history, but the new majority leader is doing his best to start Congress off on the right foot.

A group of 13 Democratic senators sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., saying they were willing to provide votes for legislation to address “pressing border security and ...

Senate Majority Leader John ... Thune successfully papered over past tiffs with Trump before becoming leader, but the president’s first term revealed the limits of Trump’s patience with party ...

The Senate confirmed former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum in a bipartisan fashion to lead President Donald Trump’s Department of

A midair collision between a commercial jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia resulted in 67 fatalities, with no conclusive evidence yet on the cause of the crash.

Trump is eager to threaten economic warfare as he tries to force concessions from Canada and Mexico — he cited drug trafficking and trade deficits in his comments Thursday. But even the risk of new levies can come at a cost to American farmers, as ag-state lawmakers know well.

Georgian rights activists have denounced what they say is a mounting campaign of repression being waged by the government, accused of democratic backsliding and of moving Tbilisi closer to Russia.

Georgia has ... The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As of January 31, 2025, there are 23 Republican trifectas, 15 Democratic trifectas, and 12 divided ...

President Trump has appointed Chris Rocheleau as the acting FAA administrator following a tragic aircraft collision near Washington, D.C. Rocheleau, with over two decades of experience at the FAA ...

I’m a governor who worked at the DNC. Here’s what we need from its next chair. If Democrats refuse to reach out to broad swaths of the country, we will continue to be seen as out of touch.

Former Governor Kristi Noem and Senate Majority Leader John Thune took to X to respond to the crash of a plane and helicopter in Washington D.C..