The Latest Breaking News from Capitol

Marvin Rees criticised for calling City Hall demo an “exercise in entitlement and privilege"

U.S. Capitol Police shut down streets around the Supreme Court and Library of Congress on Wednesday afternoon while investigating a suspicious vehicle — leading to the arrest of two men and a woman.

Christian Secor, a follower of white nationalist Nick Fuentes, was among a group of rioters pushing through a doorway into the Capitol.

ATLANTA — The chairwoman of the Taylor County Republican Party has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge related to her participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

A former UCLA student who stormed the U.S. Capitol while waving a flag promoting a far-right extremist movement has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for his role in a mob’s attack on the building

Christian Secor, a former UCLA student and follower of the far-right racist livestreamer Nick Fuentes, was sentenced on Wednesday for obstructing congress during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

WASHINGTON — A military veteran who stormed the U.S. Capitol with the Oath Keepers testified that members of the far-right militia group were set on stopping the certification of the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021, with violence, if necessary.

Steve Scalise questioned whether Democrats sought help on January 6, but video shows him standing near Pelosi as she called for national guard troops

Nancy Pelosi can be a polarizing figure, representing, for some, far-left politics and entrenched Democratic leadership. Her San Francisco district is upscale, urban and liberal. In short, it’s the epicenter of the California left coast. Yet every once in a while, the 82-year-old speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives,…

Influential media critic Margaret Sullivan demonstrates the perils of letting narrative get ahead of verification.

Brad Woodhouse of the Defend Democracy Project: These are no ordinary midterms; they'll determine America's future