Congress handed President Trump an early win on the issue of immigration with the passage of the Laken Riley Act by the House on Wednesday. While the bill was heavily backed by Republicans in both ...

Seven House Democrats flipped their votes to “yes” on a GOP-led bill named after the slain Georgia student Laken Riley that would require detention of migrants arrested for theft. The Laken ...

Welcome to the Amsterdam News Family! I’m honored to be Amsterdam News‘ Publisher and my father, Wilbert “Bill” Tatum, before me. We’ve been reporting the news of the day from a Black ...

Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres, who’s eyeing a Democratic primary run against Hochul next year, noted Hochul didn’t mention “antisemitism” either during her speech or in a 140-page policy ...

Ritchie Torres said in a letter to the commission. “Ramming a double-digit rate increase down the throats of New Yorkers, who are reeling from years of inflation, would mean breaking the ...

Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres (D-NY) welcomed reports that US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order today calling for the deportation of non-citizens who support the Hamas ...

Rep. Ritchie Torres spoke about Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy in a post-Oct. 7th world and proclaimed: 'There is no doubt in my mind that Dr. King would have spoken out with moral ...

If that’s true, Rep. Ritchie Torres has a ticker. In 2016 he was a delegate for Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National Convention. Today, he’s a third-term representative from the Bronx and ...

TORRES’ IMMIGRATION SHIFT: In 2021, Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres led an effort to eliminate funding for a controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s program that facilitated ...