Following days of debate, the Senate passed the Laken Riley Act 64-35 on Monday, empowering the Department of Homeland Security to detain and deport any illegal immigrants accused of theft-related crimes, assaulting law enforcement or actions causing serious injury or death.

As President Donald Trump resumes office, illegal aliens in the sanctuary city of New York are already fleeing out of fear of the expected deportation operations that the 45th and 47th president has promised. As the New York Post reports, several illegals admitted that their reason for fleeing was the expectation that the new president will follow through on his campaign pledge to carry out the largest mass deportation operation in American history. A 31-year-old Venezuelan illegal named Kervin Nava confessed that he is “making arrangements somewhere else,” while another illegal from Colombia, 29-year-old Kevin Llena, said that “the idea of raids at the hotel…worries me.”

A 19-year-old Wisconsin man admitted to setting GOP Rep. Glenn Grothman's leased district office on fire over his support for banning TikTok if its parent company doesn't sell the app to a U.S. company, according to the Fond du Lac Police Department.

President Joe Biden pardons brother Jim Biden and other family members on Monday just before his time in office expired.

President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign historic numbers of executive orders shortly after taking the oath of Monday that will address everything from border security to women’s sports.