CNN — The U.S. Navy has promoted Vice Adm. Michelle Howard to admiral, making her the first female four-star officer in the Navy’s 236-year-history, the White House said Tuesday.Howard, who was the…

By ANNA PALMER and KATIE GLUECK for POLITICO – Democrats are publicly rooting for Wendy Davis to turn Texas blue. But privately, many of her supporters are resigned to her losing. And, already,…

An OB/GYN’s Open Letter To George Will About His Rape Column AP Photo / Tom Gannam DR. JEN GUNTER – JUNE 16, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT Dear Mr. Will, I read your recent column on…

Huffington Post – In the scramble to pinpoint the reason for Jill Abramson’s unceremonious ouster from The New York Times earlier this month, pundits floated countless theories about the players involved. Many…

(CNN) — Maya Angelou, a renowned poet, novelist and actress whose work defied description under a simple label, has died, her literary agent, Helen Brann, said Wednesday. She died at her home…

WASHINGTON (AP) — American women have served and died on the nation’s battlefields from the first. They were nurses and cooks, spies and couriers in the Revolutionary War. Some disguised themselves as…