Elissa Slotkin, a former congresswoman who narrowly won her election to the U.S. Senate in November, took the oath of office on a copy of “The Torah: A Women’s Commentary,” published in 2008 by

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., asks homeland security secretary nominee Kristi Noem about her ability to not inflate the politics of an issue to please President-elect Trump. Noem: "I will be as transparent and factual every day, with you and the American people, as possible… pic.twitter.com/SO8e2ifOPc

Noem, the Republican governor of South Dakota, is a rancher and a former member of Congress. A close ally to Trump, Noem has called migration across the U.S. southern border “an invasion.”

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Michigan's two Democratic senators probed Pete Hegseth's qualifications to lead the Pentagon and whether he'd follow illegal orders from Donald Trump.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, was grilled by the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday in a heated confirmation hearing.

Taking part in her first Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., peppered former Fox News commentator and former Army National Guard officer Pete Hegseth as to ...

WASHINGTON – Several Senate Democrats from swing states joined with Republicans Friday to clear the final hurdle to passing the Laken Riley Act, which would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain noncitizens who commit certain crimes.

Ten Democrats in the Senate voted Friday to advance the Laken Riley Act, teeing up a final vote in the upper chamber. The Democratic supporters were Sens. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.), Mark Kelly

The Senate advanced a bill aimed at addressing illegal immigration Thursday as the issue comes front and center under the new Congress.

The Democrats’ approach is driven in part by the political reality of Republicans controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress for at least the next two years.

Ten Democrats voted with Republicans on Friday to ensure the Laken Riley Act, an anti-immigrant police state measure, arrives in time for Trump’s inauguration, even after Republicans rejected their amendments.