Fresh off President Donald Trump's inauguration , the Senate on Monday passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes, the first measure he

Abortion opponents see Trump’s second term as a chance to revive federal enthusiasm on a longtime social issue.

The new found cohesion came as Democrats strategize how to resist Trump’s second-term agenda, his nominees, and GOP Hill leaders laying groundwork for 2026.

The bill would require that infants born alive after an attempted abortion receive the same protection as any newborn baby, and threaten medical providers with prison time for failing to resuscitate them.

President Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail to veto a federal abortion ban, but Democrats warn there are already efforts underway to get the country closer to that point.

Senate Democrats on Wednesday derailed a bill that would have required medical providers to perform life-saving care for babies born alive after a failed abortion.

The Senate voted 74 to 25 to confirm John Ratcliffe, President Trump’s former intelligence director, as director of the C.I.A.

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WASHINGTON, Jan 21 — US senators voted yesterday to expand pretrial incarceration for foreign criminal suspects as the Republican-led Congress worked to deliver on Donald Trump ’s promises of a crackdown on illegal immigration, hours after he began his second term.