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Texas' senior U.S. senator says he expects Trump to move swiftly on border matters once he resumes office next week.

With Donald Trump’s nominees slowly emerging from Senate committees, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are preparing for a ...

Senators vetting the nomination of Pete Hegseth for defense secretary received an affidavit Tuesday from a former ...

Gov. Greg Abbott, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, business leaders and Texans tabbed for President Donald Trump’s cabinet gathered in ...

Senators on Wednesday voted 70 to 25 for an amendment proposed by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) that would require ICE to detain ...

A change passed Wednesday mandates the federal detention of any undocumented migrant accused of assaulting a cop ...

FIRST ON FOX: Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has selected four top Republican allies to be part of his unofficial ...

The House voted on an amended version of the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday, two weeks after it initially passed the bill.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed former Texas Congressman John Ratcliffe to serve as the next director of the CIA on ...

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