Frustrations are mounting in the Republican conference despite the GOP controlling the House, the Senate, and the White House. There is a growing feeling — from women specifically — that they just can ...

The post Longest-serving woman in Congress says she’s not stopping anytime soon appeared first on Roll Call. Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur, here at an event in Toledo last year, is the longest-serving woman ...

Female lawmakers in the House GOP conference have had some high-profile splits with leadership in recent weeks. Some are ...

As Congress gets sworn in on Thursday, some congresswomen who made history in November are starting work. In what some refer to as the "pink wave" on Election Day 2018, a record number of women were ...

A small group of women known as some of the fiercest MAGA stalwarts in the House have led the way in pushing back against President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on some of the most ...

Chaucer’s Bookstore, 3321 State St., Santa Barbara, will feature local author Lorissa Rinehart for a book talk and signing of her “Winning the Earthquake: How Jeanette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become ...

Women in Congress set aside partisanship, come together for annual softball game A team of congressional women played members of the press in a softball game Wednesday night in an annual event that ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Historian Lorissa Rinehart visited the University of Georgia as the featured ...

Mary Rose Oakar, who in 1977 became the first Arab American woman in Congress and a champion of women's rights during her 16 years in the House representing a working-class district of Cleveland, died ...

Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will make history. For the first time Wednesday night, two women will be seated behind a president making an address to a joint session of ...

Cori Bush, a St. Louis, Missouri, native, did not grow up thinking she would become a member of Congress. She is a formerly homeless Black woman who faced domestic violence and became a single mom ...