President Donald Trump plans to invoke a wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The law, passed as part of the Alien and Sedition Acts under President John Adams, gives a president the ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has an outsized influence in Hawaii and the Pacific. From its base in Honolulu, the ...

The East-West Center, which has suspended “nonessential expenditures” since being cut off from federal funding by the U.S.

Democratic lawmakers want to repeal the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which allows the president to detain or deport citizens of ...

Rep. Juan Vargas, D-San Diego, Thursday joined Democratic lawmakers to reintroduce the Neighbors Not Enemies Act, intended to ...

Rep. Juan Vargas, D-San Diego, Thursday joined Democratic lawmakers to reintroduce the Neighbors Not Enemies Act, intended to repeal a nearly 230-year-old law targeting immigrants. The legislation ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Military service leaders told senators Wednesday that passing a temporary budget that keeps defense ...

The senators sent a letter asking the acting treasury inspector general for tax administration to examine the decision to ...

The Hawaii Native Species Conservation and Recovery Act would protect over 10,000 plant and animal species that are native to the Hawaiian Islands.

Sen. Hirono said the decision to fire those federal Fish and Wildlife Service employees was hasty and made without foresight.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York also signed the Wednesday letter, along with California’s Alex Padilla; Connecticut’s Richard Blumenthal; Hawaii’s Mazie Hirono; Illinois’ Dick Durbin; ...