(CBS DETROIT) - Michigan Democratic Sens. Elissa Slotkin and Gary Peters voted alongside the majority of senators to approve the Laken Riley Act earlier this week.

After serving in the U.S. House of Representatives for six years, Elissa Slotkin, D-Michigan, will serve the next six years in the U.S. Senate. She succeeds Sen. Debbie Stabenow, also a Democrat.

Taking part in her first Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., peppered former Fox News commentator and former Army National Guard officer Pete Hegseth as to whether he would reject any order given to him in violation ...

Noem, the Republican governor of South Dakota, is a rancher and a former member of Congress. A close ally to Trump, Noem has called migration across the U.S. southern border “an invasion.”

Ten Democrats in the Senate voted Friday to advance the Laken Riley Act, teeing up a final vote in the upper chamber. The Democratic supporters were Sens. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.), Mark Kelly

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Michigan's two Democratic senators probed Pete Hegseth's qualifications to lead the Pentagon and whether he'd follow illegal orders from Donald Trump.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, was grilled by the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday in a heated confirmation hearing.

The GOP-led bill, which got some Democratic support, will head back to the House for approval before it goes to Trump for his signature.

WASHINGTON – Several Senate Democrats from swing states joined with Republicans Friday to clear the final hurdle to passing the Laken Riley Act, which would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain noncitizens who commit certain crimes.

Taking part in her first Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., peppered former Fox News commentator and former Army National Guard officer Pete Hegseth as to ...

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., asks homeland security secretary nominee Kristi Noem about her ability to not inflate the politics of an issue to please President-elect Trump. Noem: "I will be as transparent and factual every day, with you and the American people, as possible… pic.twitter.com/SO8e2ifOPc