Jackson, MS () Mississippi has a long history of voter suppression. An 1890 rule that permanently strips people convicted of certain crimes of their right to ...

Mike Johnson was re-elected speaker of the House on Friday after flipping two GOP opponents following an intervention by ...

Hiram Revels, the first Black US senator, took office in the late 1800s as part of a wave of African American lawmakers during the Reconstruction era, but he was elected by the Mississippi ...

The number represents a historic milestone since the first Black member of Congress, Sen. Hiram Revels of Mississippi ... serving on Capitol Hill—four in the House and one in the Senate—match the ...

Scott was appointed to the Senate in 2012 by then-Gov. Nikki Haley (R) after former Sen. Jim DeMint (R) resigned. At the time, he was the first Black Republican senator since 1978 and the first ...

“As we begin the 119th Congress, Senate Republicans have high enthusiasm and are focused on delivering for the American people,” Scott said in a statement provided to the Washington Examiner. Scott, ...

Tim Scott has become the longest-serving Black U.S. senator.Scott will also serve as the first Black chairman of a Senate standing committee, leading the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs ...

Scott, the first elected black senator from the South, is the first black person to serve in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. After serving in the House from 2011 until 2013 ...