Butler, D-Calif., was active in causes largely associated with Democrats long before reaching the Senate. She was a labor ...

Butler, appointed to the U.S. Senate by California Gov. Gavin Newsom after the death of Dianne Feinstein, leaves office after ...

California’s incoming senator is joining the Senate Judiciary Committee to sustain the panel’s Democratic majority amid ...

VP Kamala Harris honored Shirley Chisholm by signing the Congressional Gold Medal Act. U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (CA-12 ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) appointed Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to the Senate to complete the rest of appointee Sen.

Butler held her final Los Angeles open house last month, regaling the friendly crowd with anecdotes of being the only Black ...

Adam Schiff will get a jump on his term as U.S. senator a few weeks with California Gov. Gavin Newsome appointing him to ...

U.S. Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.-12) announced the passage of bipartisan legislation ...

Butler had been appointed to the position by Governor Gavin Newsom in October of last year following the death of Diane ...

The vice president’s signature instructs Congress to posthumously award Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress ...

Newsom also praised Butler’s commitment to public service and expressed confidence in Schiff’s ability to carry forward the ...

After more than two decades in the House of Representatives, Burbank Democrat Adam Schiff is set to be sworn in Monday as ...