Yet Torres voted for the Laken Riley Act that includes undocumented migrants who are accused of nonviolent theft-based crimes — like shoplifting — as candidates for deportation. In March, he voted against last year’s version of the bill.

The Bronx’s moderate congressman on Israel, immigration, Daniel Penny and the possibility of a primary challenge against Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Ritchie Torres is blocking Gov ... Lee Zeldin was grilled in a Senate hearing today for his nomination to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. — Nick Reisman

A new bill introduced on Wednesday by Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Bronx Democrat, would offer taxpayers a 20% credit for filtration systems that remove lead from drinking water. The filters, experts said, would serve as a temporary solution ahead of a deadline in 10 years for landlords to replace all lead pipes in the country carrying drinking water.

Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres held a press conference on Monday to urge Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state to do more for the New York State Early Intervention Program.

The owner of an Israeli restaurant in New York City that was targeted by antisemitic graffiti thinks the vandals got the "opposite" of what they hoped for.

Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., called out the Biden administration for mishandling the border crisis so badly that it ultimately cost the Democratic Party the election. On MSNBC’s "Morning Joe ...

Liberal staffers are demanding Congress establish a rotating 32-hour workweek that goes into effect when lawmakers work from their districts, drawing widespread mockery from critics.

Progressive staffers on Capitol Hill are proposing an idea to shorten their workweek to 32 hours. The Congressional Progressive Staff Association sent a letter to leaders of the House and Senate,

There's a popular mantra among skeptics of government power that goes like this: If a law is named after a person, it's probably bad. Usually pegged to a

The House of Representatives passed a Senate-revised version of the Laken Riley Act Wednesday, sending the first piece of significant legislation to President Trump’s desk for his expected

Progressive congressional staffers withdrew their 32-hour week proposal just a day after receiving widespread blowback from both sides of the aisle about the plan.  “The letter failed to make two