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Morning talk show host Joe Scarborough has been raked through the coals today for his verbal attack on co-host Mika Brzezinski during Thursday’s show. During a heated discussion about the lack of recent female appointees by the Obama Administration, Mika Brzezinski accused her co-host of being “chauvinistic” and was quickly slapped down by Scarborough. Social media commentators…

Washington (CNN) — As Democrats in Congress celebrate a historic number of women elected to their ranks, the White House’s top ranks reflect a very different picture — one that is largely male. CNN has learned President Barack Obama is expected to nominate White House chief of staff Jack Lew as treasury secretary. The likely contenders…

(WASHINGTON, DC) – The Women’s Campaign Fund (WCF) congratulated all ninety-eight women who were sworn in as members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Once sworn in, women will occupy 18.3% of the seats in the 113th Congress, up from 17% in the 112th. “The ninety-eight women being sworn in today on…

News-Times – Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is making plans to meet in Newtown,, perhaps as early as Friday, with families of the victims of the Sandy Hook shootings. The exact time and place is yet to be disclosed. Giffords and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, are expected to meet individually with as many of the 26…

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE for The New York Times – Most states are red or blue. A few are purple. After the November election, New Hampshire turned pink. Women won the state’s two Congressional seats. Women already held the state’s two Senate seats. When they are all sworn into office on Thursday, New Hampshire will become the first…

By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES for ABC News – Hillary Clinton’s latest health update — cerebral venous thrombosis — is a rare and potentially “life-threatening” condition, according to medical experts, but one from which the globe-trotting secretary of state is likely to recover from. In an update from her doctors, Clinton’s brain scans revealed a clot had formed in the right transverse venous…

It’s 2012 and close to four years after the Lilly ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law. Surely, the gender wage gap has been closed, right? Wrong. Even with moves toward equalizing pay between men and women, men still make almost 20% more than women in nearly all industries. This is despite the fact…

Six Charged With Murder in India After Rape Victim’s Death – Protests Grow By HEATHER TIMMONS, NIHARIKA MANDHANA and SRUTHI GOTTIPATI for The New York Times NEW DELHI — As protests grew in India on Saturday over the death of a young woman who was raped in New Delhi this month by several men in…

Debbie Halvorson has opened a campaign office in Steger, IL for her special election in the vacated Congressional seat most recently held by Jesse Jackson, Jr. The office located near the center of the district at 15 West 34th Street (which is also known as Steger Rd.). Campaign phone 708-898-0550. The primary election will be…

2012’s Well-Spoken Women – By Christine Jahnke, Author of The Well-Spoken Woman Give well-spoken women their due for a year filled with remarkable performances.  They delivered rousing words. Called it as they saw it. Rose above scathing scrutiny.  And, one brave girl is still recovering from attack. Their collective voices signal progress for women in…