The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts (called the Coercive Acts in England), which aimed to punish Massachusetts for the ...

This week we’re digging into numbers crunched by Open Secrets for the 1st Congressional District ... Unlike Miller-Meaks’ run for Congress in 2022, the abortion issue is more real and urgent ...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.... In recent years the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings have placed the First Amendment’s Establishment and Free Exercise of ...

Delaware State Sen. Sarah McBride could become the first trans person elected to Congress after she won a primary Tuesday night. McBride ran virtually unopposed as the only candidate in the ...

Sarah McBride. If she wins, McBride would become the first transgender member of Congress. After securing the party’s nomination Tuesday, she'll face off against Republican John Whalen in the ...

The Federalists relented and passed the Bill of Rights in the First Congress only after making certain that no such implication could arise from the prohibitions of the Bill of Rights. Hence ...

On the first day of hearings, Mr. Bolton testified about his professional experiences, past working relationships with… Ms. Rice testified about her nomination as secretary of state in the ...

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Senators Patrick Moynihan (D-NY), Alphonse D’Amato (R-NY), and Representative Ellen Holmes-Norton (… The committee hears testimony from Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg during the first day of her ...

It is called "The First Prayer in Congress." On Sept. 5, 1774, the First Continental Congress convened at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia. Fifty-three delegates from 12 colonies attended.

Sarah McBride, who in November is expected to become the first openly transgender person elected to Congress, told LGBTQ delegates to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday that her candidacy ...