The US Congress has passed a bill requiring undocumented immigrants who are arrested for theft or violent crimes to be held in jail pending trial. The bill, named after Laken Riley - a Georgia nursing student murdered last year by a Venezuelan man - passed the House of Representatives a day after it was approved by the Senate.

The Laken Riley Act, aimed at clamping down on people in the U.S. illegally who commit nonviolent crimes like theft, is expected to be the first bill President Donald Trump signs into law.

Here’s what Republican senators told ABC News after President Donald Trump issued pardons for Jan. 6 violent offenders.

Congressional Republicans have been talking for months about how swiftly they'll move to enact President Donald Trump's agenda once he comes into office. That time has finally come. But it appears there is disagreement about how to get it done after House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune met with Trump at the White House Tuesday afternoon hoping to map out a plan to move a massive package through the GOP-controlled Congress.

The Republicans are trying to quickly act on the president’s tax and border agenda, but they haven’t agreed on how to do so.

President Donald Trump is set to meet with Republican leaders about his legislative agenda after he issued multiple executive orders on Inauguration Day.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he plans to remove over 1,000 appointees from the administration of former President Joe Biden, announcing four dismissals on social media, including celebrity chef Jose Andres and former top general Mark Milley.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he plans to remove over 1,000 of former President Joe Biden's appointees from their government positions, and that he had "fired" four individuals immediately,