Delaware’s Sarah McBride, Washington’s Emily Randall and Texas’ Julie Johnson made LGBTQ history when they were sworn in to ...

Friday marks the start of the 119th United States Congress as new members are scheduled to be sworn in on Capitol Hill. As ...

Three history-making, newly elected lawmakers representing the LGBTQ community will be sworn in to the 119th Congress Friday.

Mary Anne Krupsak, New York's first female lieutenant governor and a trailblazer in state politics, died on December 28, 2024, at her home on Seneca Lake, according to an obituary posted by her loved ...

Democrats are sending a record number of women to the House and Senate, but just two new women lawmakers are Republicans, ...

Johnson said he thinks he will lose perhaps only a single detractor, and hopes to win the speakership on the first round of ...

The new Congress is convening with one major task at hand — the election of the House speaker. House Speaker Mike Johnson ...

The speaker's election is set to dominate the opening of Congress, which also brings a roster of history-making members, including two Black women in the Senate.

President Joe Biden honors Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson with the Presidential Citizens Medal for their efforts in the ...

WASHINGTON — When the 119th Congress is sworn in Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson will fight for his political life — again ...

These rank-and-file members of both parties in the narrowly divided House could have an outsize role in the national debate ...

In Maryland’s capital city, a competition is brewing over who should represent the community in the state Senate — and the ...