Just hours after being sworn in, Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people charged with crimes in connection to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Trump had repeatedly vowed to pardon the rioters who stormed the Capitol that day throughout his campaign, despite some of them being convicted of assaulting a police officer.

Donald Trump began his presidency with a dizzying display of force, signing a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his desire to remake American institutions while also pardoning nearly all of his supporters who rioted at the U.

Two of the most vulnerable Republican senators ahead of the 2026 midterms voiced pushback to President Donald Trump's sweeping pardons of January 6 defendants on Tuesday. Trump issued pardons for those convicted of crimes during the January 6,

The Senate has passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes

Hours after Donald Trump’s inauguration as the nation’s 47th president, the U.S. Senate approved a bill named for the Georgia student whose murder by an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant became a rallying cry for immigration reform in the 2024 presidential election.

Pete Hegseth's former sister-in-law said in an affidavit to senators on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon abused his second ex-wife to the point where she once hid in a closet and gave friends a code word to use in a crisis.

A Senate panel voted along party lines to approve Pete Hegseth's nomination to be the next defense secretary, moving his nomination along to a full Senate vote.

Republicans moved behind closed doors on Monday to speed the nomination of Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, to the Senate floor, brushing aside the objections of Democrats who have raised concerns about his personal conduct.