That year, Alice Mary Robertson of Oklahoma became the first woman to defeat an incumbent congressman. The first woman in the Senate was Rebecca Latimer Felton in 1922. The Georgia Democrat and ...

Maryland lawmakers are looking to make changes to the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future – the landmark education reform bill ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as secretary of Defense, a win for President Donald Trump's new administration after its 44-year-old nominee fended off ...

Whitehorn also served as chief of police for Shreveport and is a U.S. Air Force veteran. Whitehorn’s career is a testament to ...

Louisiana state Republicans need to acclimate themselves to the new reality of partially closed primaries by making ...

Missouri’s Senate launched a new online portal for residents to report government waste and inefficiencies, akin to Trump and Musk’s DOGE initiative. TripAdvisor ...

MANILA, Philippines — Why would the Senate be pressed to immediately act on the Articles of Impeachment filed against Vice President Sara Duterte when the House of Representatives took more than ...

With the chamber apparently stuck at 59 votes in favor of Keystone XL, Senator Mary Landrieu worked hard on Monday to gather one last vote. Late in the day it seemed the Louisiana Democrat would come ...

One Republican lawmaker's future in politics is in jeopardy ahead of the Senate Finance Committee's vote on whether to confirm Robert F. Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, ...

In 2014 he defeated incumbent Democrat Mary Landrieu and has since celebrated public funding to better understand vaccine hesitancy in the Senate. He urged the public to get the Covid-19 vaccine ...

Iowa Democrats have flipped a state Senate seat vacated earlier this year by Chris Cournoyer, who resigned to become the state's new lieutenant governor. Democrat Mike Zimmer has defeated ...