The US Senate this week could vote on the Laken Riley Act and approve it in time for the incoming president to sign it into law on day one.

Seven of the 11 Democratic senators up for re-election in 2026 voted to advance the bill, including Jon Ossoff of Georgia, Gary Peters of Michigan, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Mark Warner of Virginia, John Hickenlooper of Colorado and Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico.

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 ...

New York City Congressman Ritchie Torres is eviscerating Gov. Kathy Hochul for her “passive” stance on an insidious open-air drug market festering in the South Bronx. A Post exposé revealed ...

"There are syringes everywhere, because you have drug addicts injecting themselves with fentanyl in the presence of every day people, and it's unacceptable," Congressman Ritchie Torres said.

United States House of Representatives hopeful Mark Gonsalves (R) will face off with former District 6 representative Lucy McBath (D) in the redistricted 7th District on Tuesday, November 7. McBath won District 6 in 2018 and 2020 but moved to the more ...

For months, Bronx Congressman Ritchie Torres has urged both Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul to turn their attention to the Melrose Avenue section of the Hub, where a drug hotspot has emerged between East 149th Street and East 150th Street.

Ritchie Torres, the fighter for the Bronx, is steps away from making history as the first-ever LGBTQ Afro-Latino in Congress, and one of two first-ever Black LGBTQ congressmen. In an exclusive conversation with AL DÍA, the young political hopeful spoke of ...