Sandra Day O'Connor bristled at being called Supreme Court's 'swing vote.' She preferred being known as a moderate voice at ...

The Women of the 118th Congress are being recognized as a group as part of USA TODAY’s Women of the Year program, a recognition of women who have made a significant impact in their communities and ...

With the arrival on Capitol Hill soon of Rep.-elect Jennifer McClellan, a record number of women will be serving in Congress.

Despite holding 29 percent of the seats in today's Congress, women have only 17 percent of committee leadership positions ...

It's Women's History Month, an apt time to talk to formidable women in Congress and the civil rights movement.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rebecca Roberts about her biography of First Lady Edith Wilson, Untold Power. After President ...

Vice President Kamala Harris was apparently very selective when it came to the female trailblazers she honored in a video ...

Democrat Jennifer McClellan , holding the receipt for a poll tax her father once had to pay tucked into the pages of a family Bible, was sworn into the U.S.

"So much of it is aligned with what we're going through in the real world," the star says of The Power, which explores what ...

She couldn't imagine holding one of the most powerful gavels in Lansing when she won her first ... encouraging her to run for ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau holds Wall Street and big banks accountable. The U.S. Supreme Court must protect it, ...

Nick Galifianakis, once a rising star in the North Carolina Democratic Party, died at age 94 this week. Galifianakis died in his sleep at his home at The Cardinal at North Hills, a Raleigh retirement ...