Laphonza Butler, Newsom's Feinstein replacement, to make LGBT history
Laphonza Butler will be the first Black lesbian to serve in Congress and the first openly LGBT senator from California.
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Laphonza Butler will be the first Black lesbian to serve in Congress and the first openly LGBT senator from California.
Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and EMILYs List president, was named to fill California's Senate seat left open by the death of Dianne Feinstein.
Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips is stepping down from a leadership position among Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, due in part to his opposition to President Joe Biden's candidacy in the 2024 elections.
"My convictions relative to the 2024 presidential race are incongruent with the majority of my caucus, and I felt it appropriate to step aside from elected leadership to avoid unnecessary distractions during a critical time for our country," said Rep. Phillips.
Congress passed a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown that lacked new funding for Ukraine.
Professor David Schultz discusses the threat of a government shutdown and the bill to temporarily avert it.
"I think we need to rip off the Band-Aid," Rep. Matt Gaetz said of his plan to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his leadership role.
Celebrating the longest-lived U.S. president this way was inconceivable not long ago.
In a statement, Bowman said that he was "rushing to make" the vote and "came to a door that is usually open for votes but today would not open."
Hours before a midnight deadline, Congress passed a short-term funding bill to keep the government running for 45 days.
This week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg warned a shutdown would cause a setback for the air travel system, which just stabilized from the post-pandemic travel boom.
Supporters of a proposed ballot measure for congressional age limits in North Dakota are suing to be able to use out-of-state petition circulators to gather signatures.
During her decades on Capitol Hill, Feinstein made important inroads on issues ranging from gun control to the CIA’s interrogation tactics.
Scott Hall, a bail bondsman, was one of the 19 defendants in the Trump Fulton County 2020 election interference case.
The San Francisco native was first elected to the city's board of supervisors in 1969. She became mayor and then won election for a Senate seat in 1992. Five additional terms followed.
