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Sen. Angela Alsobrooks joins The Lead
For the first time in the 236-year history of the U.S. Senate, two Black women are serving simultaneously. Geoff Bennett sat down with Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware for a conversation about breaking barriers, shaping history and how Democrats aim to meet the current political moment. Geoff Bennett: […]
Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester won’t let that other election result stop them from making history. Feb. 25, 2025 Carol Moseley Braun, Kamala Harris, Laphonza Butler: To be a Black woman in the U.S. Senate was to be part of a small and lonely club — until now. For the first time in the body’s 236-year […]
By Lorie Konish February 11, 2025 The advisory group known as the Department of Government Efficiency, led by billionaire Elon Musk, has moved quickly to curb government spending at federal agencies including the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. At a rally Monday outside the Social Security Administration’s Maryland headquarters, lawmakers and advocates warned that […]
By Sam Janesch February 11, 2025 Senator Angela Alsobrooks speaks at a rally against DOGE and possible Interference with Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The rally was held outside of the Social Security Administration in Woodlawn. A 35-year veteran of the Social Security Administration who works out of its headquarters in Woodlawn, Shelley Washington describes […]
More of Trump’s cabinet choices are set to face key procedural votes this week. Maryland Senator Angela Alsobrooks joins The Weekend to preview the confirmation votes and hearings.
By Candy Woodall February 9, 2025 Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) questions Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pension, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Kennedy testified before the Senate […]
By Kate Amara February 7, 2025 ‘This president came into office, and he immediately attacked civil servants, and over 150,000 civil servants are Marylanders’ WASHINGTON —Maryland’s newly elected U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks called recent White House executive orders illegal, intentionally destabilizing and cruel. “This president came into office, and he immediately attacked civil servants, and […]
By Kate Amara February 7, 2025 ‘This president came into office, and he immediately attacked civil servants, and over 150,000 civil servants are Marylanders’ WASHINGTON —Maryland’s newly elected U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks called recent White House executive orders illegal, intentionally destabilizing and cruel. “This president came into office, and he immediately attacked civil servants, and […]
By TheGrio Staff Jan 31, 2025 The Maryland senator confronted Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on his false medical claims during his confirmation hearing to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Maryland Senator Angela Alsobrooks‘ questioning of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Donald Trump‘s nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, has […]