Tom Cotton

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., is coming under fire for recent comments he made about U.S. history in which he claimed that the Founding Fathers considered slavery a “necessary evil.”

The New York Times says its editorial page editor has resigned in the wake of outrage over the publication of an op-ed by a Republican senator who advocated using federal troops to quell protests

Seth Meyers takes a closer look at Sen. Tom Cotton’s New York Times op-ed calling for Donald Trump to send troops to the protests over the death of George Floyd.

The Senate passed a sweeping criminal justice bill Tuesday that addresses concerns that the nation’s war on drugs had led to the imprisonment of too many Americans for non-violent crimes without adequately preparing them for their return to society. Senate passage of the bill by a vote of 87-12 culminates years of negotiations and gives President Donald Trump a signature...

Republican Sen. Tom Cotton said Sunday he would not agree to an immigration deal simply because it has President Donald Trump’s support, as the government shutdown enters its second day with no end in sight. “I can’t make that commitment at all,” Cotton said on Sunday’s “Meet The Press,” adding he would “evaluate any deal on its merits and what’s...

President Donald Trump and Republican senators agreed Thursday not to deal with a needed fix for young immigrants in must-pass year-end spending legislation, according to some GOP lawmakers. Instead, they said, a solution would wait until next year for some 800,000 immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children. Those immigrants, known by supporters as Dreamers, are in limbo...

President Trump embraced legislation on Wednesday that would place new limits on legal immigration and seek to create a system based more on merit and skills than family ties — news that’s adding to the anxiety a lot of immigrants already feel.

President Trump has endorsed a new Senate bill that would halve the number of immigrants in the U.S. over the next decade. Erica Byfield reports.