Lisa Blunt Rochester elected Delaware's first Black and female senator

Democratic Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester will become the first Black woman to represent Delaware in the Senate after she defeated Republican Eric Hansen and independent candidate Mike Katz, NBC News ...

Lisa Blunt Rochester wins Delaware Senate race

Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) has won the race for Senate in Delaware, Decision Desk HQ projects, becoming the only Black woman to ever represent the First State in the upper chamber. The ...

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Angela Alsobrooks elected Maryland's first Black and female senator

Democrat Angela Alsobrooks has won Maryland’s Senate race, NBC News projects, defeating popular former Republican Gov.

Black women to serve together in Senate for first time with Rochester, Alsobrooks wins

Sens.-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) will become the first two Black women to serve together in the Senate. Neither Delaware nor Maryland have ever had a Black ...

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History in the making: is the US finally about to elect its first female president?

Nail-biter of an election could result in Harris being the first female and first Asian American president. “This is monumental,” said 19-year-old Kai Carter as she stood in line behind the White ...

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Election history: 2 Black women projected to serve in the Senate at the same time

Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks are projected to win. It will mark the first time two Black women will serve in the Senate.

HSBC Announces Restructuring and Names First Female C.F.O.

The restructuring of Europe’s largest lender comes as it looks to cut costs and navigate a diplomatic minefield across its sprawling operations.

Business - The New York Times - October 22

Rachel Reeves: The chess fanatic playing Labour's first big gambit

Profile of the UK's first female chancellor as she prepares to deliver first Labour Budget in 14 years.

Watch: Reeves 'deeply proud' to be first female chancellor

The Chancellor has presented her first Budget in the Commons.

'Turning the page': Harris says America is ready for a female president of color

Vice President Kamala Harris said in an interview with NBC News’ Hallie Jackson on Tuesday that she is not concerned that sexism could affect next month’s election and that she thinks the country ...

Politics - NBC News - October 22

Biden casts early vote in Delaware with Election Day over a week away

President Biden cast his ballot months after opting to abandon his reelection bid and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination.

Historic Black Belt congressional district could elect first Republican since 1883

The district is home to the oldest town incorporated by freed African Americans.

Politics - CBS News - October 15

HSBC embarks on major restructuring, names first female CFO

HSBC has unveiled a major overhaul, announcing a new geographic setup, consolidated operations and a new CFO — the lender's first female finance chief.

Business - CNBC - October 22

Patti McGee, Skateboarding’s First Female Champion, Dies at 79

She was on the cover of Life magazine and performed for Johnny Carson. She was, her daughter said, “a badass and a goody two-shoes at the same time.”

Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 26

Senate Dems’ campaign arm launching ad campaign targeting Black voters

Senate Democrats’ campaign arm is launching a new advertising campaign in local Black media outlets in seven battleground states to help churn out a key demographic as Election Day is just a few ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

‘I can do the same job as a man’: Ukraine’s first frontline female commander on war, grief – and her hope for the future

Yulia Mykytenko leads a platoon of men in a reconnaissance and attack unit – and has already lost her husband, father and many friends in the devastating war. In her memoir, she writes that she was ...

World - The Guardian - October 22

New crew with China's first female space engineer docks at Chinese space station

A Chinese spacecraft carrying a three-person crew, including the country's first female space engineer, has successfully docked with China's orbiting space station. The launch comes as Beijing ...

Biden votes early in Delaware

President Biden on Monday voted in the 2024 election while in his home state of Delaware, casting his ballot in a race that he was running in just a few months ago. “Joseph Biden, now voting,” ...

Politics - The Hill - October 28

Harris wins Delaware

Vice President Harris has won Delaware in the 2024 presidential election, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ, securing the Democratic stronghold and its three electoral votes. Delaware ...

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11 Senate races to watch for the 2024 election

Here are the races to watch as the two parties fight to win the Senate majority. Democrats have little room for losses in the 2024 elections.

Live results: US Senate election 2024

Details of the results in every state holding Senate elections

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Young Black men could swing the election to Trump

“There’s a generational shift that has taken place that I think the older African American community doesn’t see."

Politics - The Hill - October 17

Murray Sinclair, First Nation advocate for justice and Canadian senator, has died

World - Yahoo News - Yesterday

Murray Sinclair, First Nation advocate for justice and Canadian senator, has died

Murray Sinclair, a former First Nation judge, senator and chair of the commission that delved into Canada’s troubled history of residential schools for First Nations students, has died

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Andy Kim Wins in New Jersey to Become the First Korean American Senator

Mr. Kim, a Democrat, will take the seat previously held by Robert Menendez, who resigned after being convicted of taking bribes.

Top stories - The New York Times - 16 hours ago

South Africa’s first Black central bank governor dies aged 65

Tito Mboweni served as labour minister in Nelson Mandela’s first cabinet

Business - Financial Times - October 13

Who is Kemi Badenoch, the first Black woman to lead Britain's Conservative Party?

The first Black woman to lead a major U.K. political party, Kemi Badenoch is an upbeat and outspoken libertarian who thinks the British state is broken and she is the one to fix it

World - ABC News - 4 days ago

Survivors of Oct. 7 attack tell their story in Rochester

World - Yahoo News - October 16

US Senate, House and governor elections 2024: results from all 50 states as Republicans win Senate

Voters have elected a Republican majority in the Senate. They have also been electing members of the House of Representatives and state governors. Live 2024 presidential election results US ...

World - The Guardian - 14 hours ago

Election forecaster moves Nebraska Senate race slightly toward independent challenger

An election forecaster moved Nebraska’s contentious Senate race slightly toward Sen. Deb Fischer’s (R) challenger, Independent candidate Dan Osborn. Sabato's Crystal Ball shifted the Senate contest ...

Politics - The Hill - October 24

Two key Senate races narrow before Election Day

With Election Day quickly approaching, two key Senate races are narrowing. Jessica Taylor, Senate and governors editor for The Cook Political Report, joins "America Decides" to take a look at how ...

Larry Hogan assesses state of his Senate race on eve of Election Day

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is hoping to flip the state's open Senate seat from blue to red. Hogan joins CBS News to assess the state of his campaign one day out from Election Day.

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