Oregon lawmakers have wrapped up a 2025 session that will be remembered above all else for Democrats’ towering failure to get ...

Trump’s pardons of the Jan. 6 rioters led to worries about actions being taken against attorneys involved in the massive ...

A federal budget plan, endorsed by President Donald Trump, that would cut more than $1 trillion in funding in health care and ...

President Harry S Truman signed off on the creation of Independence National Historical Park on June 28, 1948. In the ...

Colorado Governor Jared Polis's plan to build a $29 million winding pedestrian bridge at the State Capitol just cleared its ...

A US congressman has shown off a little history and caused a little concern on the Internet, after filming a hidden passageway in the United States Capitol building. Republican congressman Tim ...

2:51 p.m. Police reach the third floor of the Capitol to evacuate representatives and reporters locked inside. Officers carrying assault-style weapons order rioters to the ground.

For years, social media users have claimed the U.S. Capitol contains a tomb that was originally built for George Washington, the first U.S. president, but was never used and remains empty. While ...

Several groups have announced plans to protest as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress this week. Above, Netanyahu is pictured in Tel Aviv on Oct. 12, 2023.

Three years ago, Times reporter Sarah D. Wire wrote about her experience inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now, with the aid of surveillance footage recently made available by the House and ...

But I recommend the free, 45-minute tour of the Capitol that takes visitors into the grandest of the building’s 600-plus rooms including the House and Senate chambers and the Supreme Court.

The Capitol History Project special series looks into the history, art and architecture of the United States Capitol. Through interviews, tours, and unprecedented access into the building's public ...