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A livestream of the service for Sen. Lieberman will be available above in this article beginning about 15 minutes before it starts. The funeral for former U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman will be held on Friday morning in Stamford. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 29 at Congregation Agudath Sholom, at 301 Strawberry Hill […]
Joseph I. Lieberman, Connecticut’s four-term United States senator and Vice President Al Gore’s Democratic running mate in the 2000 presidential election, which was won by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney when the Supreme Court halted a Florida ballot recount, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 82. His family said in a statement that […]
Joe Lieberman, Al Gore’s running mate during the hotly contested 2000 presidential election, has died at age 82 after suffering complications from a fall. United States media announced his death on Tuesday afternoon, citing a family statement. One of the few high-profile independents in the US political sphere, Lieberman largely caucused with the Democratic Party […]
WASHINGTON — Last night, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) welcomed prominent African American conservatives to the United States Capitol to celebrate Black History Month, highlight the achievements of conservatism within the African American community, and foster discussion about the work that still needs to be done to promote greater economic opportunity. Senator Scott was joined by […]
Feb. 25, 1870 Hiram Revels was the first Black American elected to the U.S. Senate. Credit: Wikipedia Two days after Mississippi was readmitted to the Union, Hiram Revels became the first Black American elected as a U.S. senator. “All men are created equal, says the great Declaration,” Republican Sen. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts said, “and […]
The first Black Republican to serve in the U.S. Senate was a preacher by the name of Hiram Revels. He was born free, to free parents, in 1827. Mississippi state legislators sent Revels to Washington in 1870 to fill one of two vacancies. When the state seceded in 1861, both its senators went with it. […]
Laphonza Butler’s appointment to the U.S. Senate to replace the late Dianne Feinstein of California will increase the number of Black senators serving at the same time to a record four. But Black Americans are still woefully underrepresented in Congress. The number of Black senators would need to at least triple to get to a […]
Trump holds commanding lead in polls ahead of key New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. United States Senator Tim Scott has endorsed his former rival Donald Trump for the Republican nomination for president, in a setback for Trump’s closest challenger and fellow South Carolinian Nikki Haley. Tim Scott, who dropped out of the 2024 presidential race […]
Herbert H. Kohl, a Wisconsin Democrat who kept watch over federal budgets in four terms as a United States senator, but who as the die-hard owner of the National Basketball Association’s often mediocre Milwaukee Bucks spent lavishly to keep the team afloat in his hometown, died on Wednesday afternoon at his home in Milwaukee. He […]
Laura Patterson/CQ Roll Call/AP Sen. Herb Kohl listens at a Government Affair’s Hearing on July 18, 1991. CNN — Former US senator and owner of the Milwaukee Bucks Herb Kohl has passed away after a brief illness, the Herb Kohl Foundation announced on Wednesday. He was 88. Kohl, a Wisconsin Democrat and co-founder of . […]