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In other words: Only three Black women have served in the Senate, and never at the same time. That's set to change when Alsobrooks, 53, and Blunt Rochester, 62, are sworn in next year.

Republicans want Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough to be fired over her ruling on Medicaid. Democrats have been mad ...

Fewer women in Congress in 2025. Twenty-five women are set to serve in the Senate come January, including three newcomers — Democrats Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland, Lisa Blunt Rochester of ...

Female Senators Grill Hegseth Over Views on Women President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary had a more amicable exchange with Joni Ernst, a Republican, who is considered a key ...

NEWARK, N.J. — Senators Andy Kim and Cory Booker issued a joint statement this week opposing the nomination of Alina Habba as ...

This year, for the first time, women make up a majority in California’s state Senate. Across both chambers, 58 women — a record high — are serving.