In the entire 231 years that the U.S. Senate has existed, there have only been 10 senators who are Black. Just two of that already small number are women.

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Surrounded by her family and close friends, Harris, California's sitting Attorney General, vowed to serve the people to her utmost ability.

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A new poll revealed more than half of Donald Trump’s supporters have a negative view of African-Americans.

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Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell says that the people should have a voice in who selects the next U.S. Supreme Court Justice, but when he encourages the Senate Judiciary Committee to refuse to hold hearings on any nominee put forth by Barack Obama, he ignores the will of the people who twice elected him president of the United States.

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It’s about time. After five months in political limbo, Loretta Lynch was confirmed Thursday as the first African American female U.S. Attorney General and will…

Underdog Ted Cruz wins in “landslide.”   The Texas Republican, tea party favorite won his party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by retiring Kay Bailey Hutchison.  CNN.com has the complete story.  Read More:

Connecticut Republicans are backing former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as their Senate nominee. McMahon was endorsed at a state GOP convention Friday night. “We are incredibly pleased with the growing momentum behind this campaign and the better-than-expected show of support we received from Republican leaders and activists around the state,” said McMahon in a statement […]

WASHINGTON — We should start by putting the health-care bill into proper perspective. Opponents and supports of the bill have both profited immensely from exploiting the average person’s inability to put billions and trillions into context. So let’s begin by breaking down the numbers. The $900 billion price tag is repeated with the regularity of […]