The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted Thursday to advance President Donald Trump’s nominees to lead the Interior and Energy Departments — but only one received a blessing from Nevada ...

The Laken Riley Act would require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes ...

President Trump’s picks to lead the nation’s energy and environment-focused agencies all sailed through committee votes on Thursday morning. The Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee ...

Liberty Energy chief executive Chris Wright, Trump’s DoE pick, also earned bipartisan support, though his margin was a bit smaller at 15-5. Five Democrats voted against him: Wyden, Hirono, Alex ...

Scott Turner, President Trump's pick to head the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, faced opposition from Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee, but his nomination was nonetheless ...

President Trump prepares to sign the Laken Riley Act, named after a murdered Georgia nursing student. It mandates detention ...