Of the 17 House members who represented Los Angeles County in the 118th Congress — which ran from Jan. 3, 2023, to Jan. 3, ...

Lawmakers representing Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties saw 31 bills they introduced signed into law between 2023 and 2025.

Collectively, the region’s representatives introduced 384 bills in Congress, 21 of which were later signed into law.

In a recent interview Laphonza Butler spoke with host Tonya Williams about her remarkable journey from a young girl in Mississippi to becoming California’s junior United States Senator.

The incumbent has faced allegations from within his party that he simply isn’t far enough to the right, and Donald Trump tried to derail his career in a GOP primary in May. (Phelan won re-election ...

Laphonza Butler’s office is quiet. It’s a wonder that there is much to pack at all. Butler only moved into this space on the ground floor of the Hart Senate building — the same office her ...

It’s a challenge both current California Sen. Laphonza Butler and Vice President Kamala Harris — who previously held that title — have taken on. And right now, governing the tech world means ...

Kamala Harris wanted Laphonza Butler’s endorsement. It was 2010 and Harris, the San Francisco district attorney, was in a crowded primary field running for California state attorney general.

So almost 15 years ago, Kamala Harris connected with another rising star, Laphonza Butler, then the Los Angeles-based leader of the fast-growing home-care workers union. Harris wanted the local ...

After longtime Sen. Dianne Feinstein died in office last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Laphonza Butler as her replacement. It was a surprise because she was not a politician, but a lobbyist.

Senator Laphonza Butler joins Jen Psaki for her first major sit-down interview. They discuss her experience serving as only the third Black women in the U.S. Senate and the barriers that Black ...

Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), who Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed to replace the deceased Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) in the Senate just 18 days ago, announced Thursday she would ...