A Massachusetts man was arrested after authorities say he entered the United States Capitol and took a tour of the building with a handgun in his possession.

We are severely disappointed in the security failure,” House Administration leaders said, vowing to scrutinize screening procedures.

The U.S. Capitol Police on Thursday said a man who passed a security checkpoint with a handgun and toured the chamber was arrested and charged.

All the living former presidents were there and the outgoing president amicably greeted his successor, who gave a speech ...

Lawsuits challenged President Trump’s executive orders on birthright citizenship and protections for federal workers, and a ...

US attorney general designee Pam Bondi fended off onslaughts from California Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla at her ...

Instead, the mourners who journeyed through the maze of barricades around the Capitol early in the morning on Jan 8 to pay their final respects to former US president Jimmy Carter were shocked to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert Smalls’ statue should be staring down a ...

Trump, in his first visit to the US Capitol since his supporters stormed the building on Jan 6, 2021, held a wide-ranging discussion that touched on his Cabinet nominees, the Panama Canal and oil ...

WASHINGTON - Road closures near the U.S. Capitol were in effect Wednesday night due to an investigation into a suspicious vehicle, just hours after United States Capitol Police officers prevented a ...

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