Johns was 16 years old in 1951 when she led a student strike for equal education at R.R. Moton High School in Farmville, ...

In the 4 p.m. hour on Jan. 6, 2021, at the height of the fighting that day outside the U.S. Capitol, hundreds of rioters loyal to President Donald Trump had already breached several entrances and ...

There was a large police and National Guard response miles from the U.S. Capitol after an officer was hit by a vehicle. A ...

The U.S. Capitol contains imagery that resembles religious symbolism, but it was not designed as a place of worship. Its architects drew heavily from Roman civic temples and Enlightenment ideals to ...

Authorities confirmed two police officers were taken to the hospital after a fire was reported Thursday afternoon in the trolley system connecting the Rayburn House and U.S. Capitol buildings. The D.C ...

The unveiling ceremony of the statue representing Virginia in the Capitol will take place in Emancipation Hall, featuring Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem ...

U.S. Capitol Police arrested dozens of demonstrators inside the Capitol rotunda and outside Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., as members of the Senate continued to debate President Donald Trump’s "big ...

WASHINGTON — The US Capitol on Tuesday unveiled a statue of a teenage Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of ...

The agent was intoxicated and got into a fight, according to sources. A member of the U.S. Capitol Police Dignitary Protection Detail was detained in Israel last month after allegedly being ...

LAS VEGAS — For the first time in history, the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, affectionately known as "The People's Tree," will come from the state of Nevada. In celebration of this milestone, 84 Lumber ...

The mission was supposed to end on Friday. The defense secretary has extended the National Guard's security mission at the U.S. Capitol through May 23. The mission to help secure the Capitol was ...

As the country heads toward the longest government shutdown in history, Stephen Colbert joked on Tuesday night that the US Capitol has adapted to the times just fine — by turning into a Spirit ...