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A Virginia man has been arrested on charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing a Captain America backpack and stole items from senators’ desks on the Senate floor during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot

As an Idaho judge ponders whether to allow cameras to record a high-profile trial, Amanda Knox, who was wrongfully convicted of murder, tells Clémence Michallon how outsized publicity can intefere with the legal process

Other news operations pass on live coverage

Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave the American public a never-before-seen perspective of the House by adding virtual reality coverage.

The Daily Show's Roy Wood Jr. took aim at Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon at this year's White House Correspondents Dinner.

Every American president has landed in the history books. And historians’ assessments of their performance have been generally consistent over time. But some presidents’ rankings have changed as the nation – and historians themselves – reassessed the country’s values and priorities.

Since the drama of Kevin McCarthy's election as House speaker, there's been some movement toward opening the chamber to more public view

Tenn. Rep. Andy Ogles dubiously claimed he was an economist, a police officer and a sex trafficking expert

The one part of Speaker Vote Week that received rave reviews was C-SPAN’s wall-to-wall coverage, with cameras showing live scenes of lawmakers interacting on the House floor. Normally, when the House is in session it controls the cameras that feed into C-SPAN and other news outlets. But without a speaker…