The Latest Breaking News from Capitol

Former president reportedly mulled blanket pardons for pro-Trump mob in final days of presidency

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn judge’s son pleaded guilty to felony charges Wednesday for storming the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot while dressed as a caveman, the Department of Justice announced.

The strongest case for the work of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and for that committee to move quickly to public hearings, is that former President Donald Trump continues to make it clear that he set out to undermine democracy, that he…

Donald Trump’s relentless, false claims about the 2020 presidential election have sparked fresh urgency in Congress for changing the Electoral Count Act

Late-night hosts discuss Trump’s weekend admission that he wanted Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election and Tom Brady’s NFL retirement

McConnell's "gaffe" was nothing of the kind — it reflected a core belief driving the Republican attack on democracy

‘For years, they’ve been going after my company, many years, using every trick in the book in an attempt to literally, if they can, put me in jail’

After Trump's remarkable "overturn" statement, Liz Cheney warns: "He’d do it all again if given the chance"

Pipe bombs close to Democratic and Republican headquarters credited by law enforcement as drawing attention away from Capitol