Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-CA) was one of three out LGBTQ+ senators until last week. Butler, who was appointed by Gov. Gavin ...

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 ...

Laphonza Butler is greeted in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol after being sworn in to the Senate last year. California Gov.

Out Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) – along with fellow centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) – are facing condemnation from the left ...

Schiff, who was sworn into the Senate on Monday, acknowledged he is unlikely to get a seat on the Senate Intelligence ...

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

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 ...

Laphonza Butler ended her 14-month stint as a U.S. senator just as she came — quietly. As an appointed, interim U.S. senator from California, she posted a solid record of voting with Democrats and ...

Laphonza Butler is the rare politician who, granted power and status, willingly gave it up. Gov. Newsom appointed her to the ...

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