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December 1, 2020
U.S. Senate candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock reflects on connection to King from Morehouse's campus to the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist…
November 25, 2020
In an interview with theGrio, Rev. Raphael Warnock dismissed Sen. Kelly Loeffler's attacks as an attempt to paint him as…
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November 20, 2020
Stacey Abrams says that if Black Americans want progress, President-elect Biden must be enabled by a Democratic Senate and Democratic…
November 11, 2020
OPINON: When Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice president, the lone voice of Black women in the United States…
November 10, 2020
Republicans retaining control of the Senate is a potential disaster for a President Biden and would block progress for a…
November 6, 2020
Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff will face off in a Jan. 5 runoff in Georgia for…
October 25, 2020
U.S. Senate candidate Jaime Harrison exclusively tells theGrio that he hopes his potential election will usher in a new South…
October 13, 2020
Amy McGrath, Kentucky's Democratic candidate for Senate, let Majority Leader Mitch McConnell know she is not impressed with his service.
Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Covid-19 Risks in Jails
August 28, 2020
In an exclusive interview with theGrio, Cory Booker revealed that he is not interested in a possible Biden administration cabinet…
August 18, 2020
The Trump campaign’s interactions with Russia during the 2016 election posed a “grave” counterintelligence threat, a Senate panel concluded.
June 17, 2020
Senate Republicans unveiled changes to police procedures and accountability, including an enhanced use-of-force database and restrictions on chokeholds.
June 15, 2020
Senate Republicans are poised to unveil an extensive package of policing changes that includes new restrictions on police chokeholds.
Georgia
January 30, 2020
Rev. Raphael Warnock, of Ebenezer Baptist Church, has announced his run for the Georgia U.S. Senate seat held by gubernatorial…
Stacey Abrams
April 30, 2019
Although the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate won't make a play to become a senator, there is other speculation about her…
March 20, 2017
Thirteen months after Antonin Scalia's death created a vacancy on the Supreme Court, hearings get underway on President Trump's nominee…
November 9, 2016
California voters made history on Tuesday, electing Kamala Harris to become the first African-American woman in the U.S. Senate.
July 22, 2016
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke says he plans to run for U.S. Senate in Louisiana. Duke’s announcement
November 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Bianca Levin, an LA-based graduate of Yale Law School, is said to be Booker's long distance girlfriend...
September 27, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats set up a clash with House Republicans that could lead to a shutdown next week…
September 17, 2013
NBC NEWS - A day after a mass shooting left 13 dead within two miles of the Capitol, federal gun…