Just days after Democrats swept Texas' statewide elections, Houston Mayor John Whitmire moved Friday to restrict when city police can contact federal immigration authorities. The Democratic mayor signed an executive order limiting when Houston police officers can reach out to Immigration and Customs Enforcement about people they encounter during

An illegal migrant from Venezuela was arrested just blocks from the White House after Secret Service officers allegedly found him in a stolen truck loaded with three firearms and dozens of rounds of ammunition. Secret Service officers arrested Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos shortly before midnight Thursday after noticing suspicious activity

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a revolt from prosecutors after announcing he will consider clemency for hundreds of inmates on death row. Newsom directed the state Board of Parole Hearings to conduct individual investigations into whether the sentences of about 500 death-row prisoners should be commuted to life

Nancy Pelosi's hand-picked successor has lost the race for her San Francisco seat, handing the retiring former Speaker a final political setback on her way out of Congress. Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener defeated fellow Democrat Connie Chan in California's 11th District, according to the

Democrats campaigned on affordability. Now a left-wing group is handing them a very different agenda: a 182-page blueprint for investigating President Trump's donors and corporate allies once they take control of Congress. The dossier, from the Groundwork Collaborative, was obtained and analyzed by Fox News Digital.

An Iowa judge was arrested on two felony charges Wednesday, just one day after voters approved keeping her on the bench for another six years. District Associate Judge Lynn Poschner, 45, faces charges of homicide by vehicle and serious injury by vehicle after a crash that struck two pedestrians in

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says his party's midterm wins are only the beginning, and he is now setting his sights on some of the most reliably Republican states in the country. Speaking with MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell, Schumer described his goal as "

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries has wasted no time picking his first target in the Trump administration, launching a blistering attack on Stephen Miller after President Trump named him the next White House chief of staff. Trump announced Friday that Miller will replace outgoing chief of staff Susie Wiles starting

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is promising that Republicans will use every tool available alongside President Donald Trump now that Democrats have captured both chambers of Congress. But many conservatives are not buying it. Thune's message set off a wave of anger online from GOP supporters who say