Former Rep. William Lacy Clay Sr., a St. Louis powerbroker who became Missouri’s first elected Black member of Congress and went on to serve 16 terms in the House, died Wednesday at the age of 94.

In this joint opinion piece, Reps. Clay Higgins and Michael Cloud, in collaboration with Reps. Barry Moore, and Lauren Boebert, argue that Congress needs to provide immediate economic assistance to ...

When U.S. Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D-St. Louis) is called a “legacy politician” in this era of disruptive political upstarts, it’s typically meant as a slight. Though for Clay, any talk of legacy merely ...

A Louisiana lawmaker was the only person to vote against the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. The House voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill Tuesday to force the Department of Justice to ...

Republican Rep. Clay Higgins is refusing to apologize for an ugly tweet in which he repeated racist tropes about Haitian immigrants. The far right-wing lawmaker echoed debunked false claims about ...

This article first appeared on Mother Jones. It has been republished with the publication’s permission. On Wednesday afternoon, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) posted a mocking, racist tweet about “wild” ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9-- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 8: Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay talks to the media regarding his filing for re-election at the Lambert St. Louis International ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. ST. LOUIS -- U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay issued a comment this afternoon in response to allegations from his wife that he did not tell ...

WASHINGTON -- Former Rep. William Lacy Clay Sr., a St. Louis powerbroker who became Missouri's first elected Black member of Congress and went on to serve 16 terms in the House, died Wednesday at the ...