Jaylen Smith graduated high school in May. He is now the youngest Black mayor in the United States.
House Democrats elected Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York as their next party leader in a unanimous vote on Wednesday.
Democrat Karen Bass has become the first woman elected as mayor of Los Angeles, according to projections by The Associated Press.
Minnesota made history by electing Black women to the state Senate for the first time in its 164 year statehood history.
Democrat Maxwell Frost has won in Florida's 10th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press, making him the first member of Generation Z (Gen Z) elected...
Platinum selling artist Dupre Kelly of The Lords of The Underground is officially a Newark, NJ city councilman.
President Biden has signed an executive order on policing on Wednesday which will require new use-of-force rules for federal law enforcement.
Karine Jean-Pierre will make history again by becoming the first Black and openly LGBTQ white house press secretary.
The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, making her the first Black woman and former public defender to serve on the...
At only 35 years old, Johnson is also the city’s first millennial mayor, bringing in a new generation to political power to City Hall.