Hank Linderman is challenging Brett Guthrie in Kentucky’s 2nd District.

This Kentucky congressional candidate wants to grant immigrants amnesty Hank Linderman, who is running against Rep. Brett Guthrie, comes amid a nationwide backlash against ICE Check out this story on HometownLife.com: https://usat.ly/2v2GIR0 LOUISVILLE - The Democratic candidate challenging Rep. Brett Guthrie in November wants amnesty for all immigrants who are living in the country illegally Hank Linderman is challenging Guthrie, the Republican congressman who since 2009 has represented Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District, which includes Bowling Green, Owensboro and Elizabethtown.

GOP leaders sell immigration bills, with Trump’s blessing

Republican leaders began the problematic task of finding support for an immigration compromise Wednesday, telling lawmakers that President Donald Trump was backing the still-evolving bill. But cracks within the party were on full display and it seemed that pushing the measure through the House next week would be a challenge.

Ryan says Trump backs compromise immigration plan

President Donald Trump backs compromise immigration legislation that House Republican leaders are trying to craft in hopes of ending the party's standoff over the issue, Speaker Paul Ryan told GOP lawmakers Wednesday. Details of the measure remained in negotiation between conservatives and moderates, and whatever emerges faces an uphill climb.

House GOP higher education bill moves ahead, despite cries to slow down

President Donald Trump signs an executive order as Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., right, observes on Oct. 12, 2017, at the White House. Foxx is one of the authors of a comprehensive higher education bill that might be on the president's desk soon.

After 40 years, Fort Knox opens famed vault to civilians

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Inside the famed vaults at Fort Knox, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell held a 27-pound gold bar in his hands Monday as part of the first civilian delegation to see most of the country's bullion reserves in more than 40 years.

Mike Pence makes case for House GOP health care plan in Kentucky

Vice President Mike Pence defended the House GOP health care proposal on Saturday, venturing to Kentucky to counter opposition from the state's Republican governor and its junior GOP senator. Pence acknowledged that not all of the state's political leaders back the House leadership's plan, but told small business leaders that President Donald Trump would lean on House Republicans -- including two Kentucky lawmakers in attendance, Reps.