New members of the Congressional Black Caucus, Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt-Rochester, make history as the first Black women to serve in the US Senate together.

Canadians flocked to food banks and inequality rose as corporations profited under Trudeau. He wasn’t “far to the ...

Within the last week, three Democratic New Jersey politicians took office with the distinction of being the first Black person to hold their respective seats. Nichole Roberts is the first Black woman ...

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It's long past time to repair the harm done by sentencing guidelines that President Biden supported as a senator.

Alabama has elected 190 members to the U.S. House for over 205 years, but it achieved a first last week: Two Black residents from Alabama took the oath of office to serve in the U.S. House at the same ...

A joint session of Congress is set to convene on Monday afternoon to certify President-elect Donald J. Trump’s victory in the 2024 election, performing a basic ritual of democracy that was brutally ...

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Friday marks the start of the 119th United States Congress as new members are scheduled to be sworn in on Capitol Hill. As Washington prepares for the new legislative session, let’s meet who will be ...

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) celebrated its largest membership ever, with 62 Black lawmakers, while the total number ...

Taking her seat in the House is Sarah McBride, who officially became the first transgender person to serve in Congress upon ...