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US still working on trade deals despite court ruling, USTR says
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer did not say which countries the US was still in talks with, but said he had spoken with one trade minister on Saturday morning.
Senate border bill fails again under bipartisan opposition, paving way for Biden executive action
The Senate failed for the second time this year to pass a sweeping US border security and immigration bill, with some Democrats and a majority of Republicans opposing the legislation.
Biden speeds up asylum process for migrants bound for these five cities
The Biden administration is accelerating the asylum timeline for migrants who enter the US illegally en route to five major cities.
How to get violent migrant criminals off the streets NOW
In January, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents picked up an MS-13 gang member who’d been convicted of accessory-to-murder charges in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Republican negotiator rips GOP for outcry over border deal
Sen. James Lankford pushed back at his fellow Republicans for reproving the border security package he helped negotiate, musing that the 2024 election is a motivating factor.
GOP senator denies leaked border, immigration deal draft: Don't 'believe everything you read on the internet'
Republican Sen. James Lankford (Okla.) blasted the leak of a draft border and immigration deal -- which reportedly would allow 5,000 migrants per day into the US -- as a...
Senate ready to call it quits for 2023 on Ukraine-border bill talks
The Senate appeared set Monday to push negotiations over a $110 billion supplemental spending bill on aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and US border security into 2024, with some Republicans...
GOP senator wants Mayorkas to clarify migrant enforcement comments
In a letter initially obtained by Fox News, James Lankford questioned ICE's "Operation Horizon," in which legal documents were sent to about 78,000 migrants.
Passport backlog surges to 2.2M as applicants wait up to 24 weeks: senator
The passport application backlog has surged to 2.2 million as a security procedure’s "operational issues" add several weeks to wait times, according to Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla.
Sen. Lankford apologizes to black Tulsa voters for questioning election results
WASHINGTON -- Sen. James Lankford apologized to black voters in his home state of Oklahoma on Friday for opposing the outcome of the presidential election in states with large African...
Sens. Loeffler, Lankford drop election objections after Capitol chaos
At least four Republican Senators are dropping their plans to object to President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory after the US Capitol was stormed by President Trump's supporters. Sen. Kelly...
Lankford: Media blew 'I will step in' Biden comments out of proportion
Sen. James Lankford says he did, in fact, step in and inquire about President-elect Joe Biden receiving intelligence briefings after pledging to do so last week. Speaking to CNN Monday,...
'I will step in': GOP senator says Biden should get intelligence briefings
Republican Sen. James Lankford said in a radio interview Wednesday that President-elect Joe Biden should be receiving intelligence briefings that President Trump has denied giving to him as he challenges...
Republicans condemn Dems' ‘scheme’ to delay Trump impeachment trial
Democrats and Republicans knocked heads Sunday over the need to call witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump — a question that could face a critical vote as...
Senate committee to probe US intelligence failures in wake of terror attacks
A US Senate committee has launched a multi-pronged probe delving into the failures of U.S. Intelligence agencies under the Obama Administration to prevent ISIS-linked domestic and international acts of terror,...
Meet the Republicans who took control of the Senate
On Tuesday, Republicans took control of the Senate for the first time since 2006. Here are brief profiles of the new Republican senators: Arkansas: Republican Tom Cotton The congressman, a Harvard Law...