We urge the Senate to confirm all of our qualified nominees,” a Pentagon spokesperson said. “These holds undermine our ...

This time, five senators were listed as “not voting” by the Senate website: Democrat Cory Booker (New Jersey), independent ...

Democrat Shomari Figures, who worked in the Obama White House and as a former top aide to U.S. Attorney General Merrick ...

There have never been two Black female senators serving at the same time, but Democratic candidates Lisa Blunt Rochester of [ ...

The U.S. Senate is poised for a potential milestone this fall, as two Black women could be elected for the first time in its history. The election of both Lisa Blunt Rochester from Delaware and Angela ...

California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown did not set out to become the first black female nominated to the United ...

Democrats brought up the measure again to highlight Republican opposition to abortion rights and make the case to voters that ...

Since the Alabama ruling, Senate Republicans have broadly expressed support for IVF, but claim the Democratic legislation goes too far. Two other Senate Republicans — Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and ...

Senate Democrats pushed the vote to put Republicans ... Efforts to advance this bill accelerated over the summer after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos are children, which temporarily ...

Trump said he was a “leader” on the issue and talked about the “very negative” decision by the Alabama court that was later reversed by the legislature. But the issue has threatened to ...

Trump said he was a “leader” on the issue and talked about the “very negative” decision by the Alabama court that was later reversed by the legislature. But the issue has threatened to ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Senators voted Tuesday on a bill to create a national right to in vitro fertilization. It’s round two for the legislation, which failed in June and failed again.