A New York Republican lawmaker is railing against the state’s squatting “epidemic” with a bill that would allow police to immediately evict squatters, while ushering law and order back into the Democratic-run state, he said.  “We need to make sure that we fix this huge epidemic right now. And it’s coming more and more and more,” Republican state Sen. Mario Mattera, who represents the 2nd Senate District on...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is planning to devote much of his energy in the remaining months of his term as Republican leader, as well as the next few years of his term, to ensuring Ukraine is supported as its war with Russia rages on.  “It may not be fashionable now, but I’m a Ronald Reagan Republican: peace through strength,” the longtime Senate GOP leader said during...

EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is defending a 2009 decision that allows Chinese nationals to enter U.S. territory without a visa based on a perceived “significant public benefit,” while Republicans blast the “loophole” as a way for members of the Chinese Communist Party to “infiltrate” the United States and put national security at risk. DHS penned a letter to Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Rep....