As Mississippi and the nation face new challenges, Bennie Thompson's legacy serves as a beacon of hope and a reminder of the ...

In the histories of Mississippi's political history, few figures loom as large as Congressman Bennie G. Thompson. As the longest-serving Black elected official in the state and the sole Democrat ...

President Biden pre-emptively pardoned Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the House Jan. 6 committee, hours before ...

Democratic Mississippi Congressmen Bennie Thompson, though not expressly named in the pardon, was the chair of the Jan. 6 House committee. "On January 6, 2021, American democracy was tested when a ...

It was led by U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Republican Liz Cheney, who later pledged to vote for Democrat Kamala Harris and campaigned with her. The committee’s final report found that ...

Thompson encouraged Americans to pay attention to how Trump is starting his second term after he issued 1,500 pardons to Jan.