WASHINGTON — For the first time ever, two Black women were elected Tuesday to serve in the U.S. Senate, while voters also sent a transgender lawmaker to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Cheryl Johnson, who was sworn in as Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives by Speaker ... making her the first Black woman to assume the presiding officer role until a new Speaker is selected ...

Here are nine Black female politicians who have made history ... Texas’s 30th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. As a former civil rights attorney, Crockett’s legal ...

The Maine House of Representatives elected Rachel Talbot ... Maine’s influx of Black female politicians adds to the growing number of Black women in U.S. politics. There are currently nine ...

are representatives or nonvoting delegates in the House. Of the five women of color in the Senate, two are Black, two are Asian American and one is Hispanic. All but seven of these 61 women are ...

Philadelphia Democratic Rep. Joanna McClinton was elected on Tuesday as speaker of Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives, becoming the first Black woman in state history to hold that post.

New Mexico is likely to elect all women ... House are men. Much like in 2018, many women are expected to make history in their respective states, like Cori Bush, who's likely to be Missouri's ...

A bill preventing transgender women from competing in female sports at schools across the country narrowly cleared the House of Representatives Tuesday. Just two Democrats joined with 216 ...

An inspiring portrait project initiative started to celebrate the record number of women serving in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives ... to the PA Legislative Black Caucus.