Vice President Mike Pence denounced the violence and chaos descending upon the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, calling for it to “stop now” and instructing those involved to respect police and “immediately leave the building” while warning that the attack on the Capitol “will not be tolerated.”
A woman was shot in the neck inside the Capitol building, according to videos and photos shared to social media Wednesday afternoon.
During a statement on Wednesday, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) denounced the riots at the Capitol as “banana republic crap” and “the cost of countenancing an effort by Congress to overturn the election and telling thousands of people that there is
The U.S. Senate session was abruptly suspended on Wednesday during a debate over elector objections after protesters were “in the building.”
During an interview on the Fox News Channel on Wednesday, Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) denounced the riots at the U.S. Capitol as “unacceptable and a sad day for the country.” Waltz said, “I just want to say, Dana, this is
Tear gas has reportedly been used in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda following protesters breaching the building, forcing the complex into a lockdown as lawmakers are given gas masks.
Police have fired tear gas in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda and distributed gas masks to lawmakers after protesters breached the building.
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) tweeted that members of the House of Representatives were told to “hide behind chairs” in case intruders breached the House chamber.
Supporters of President Trump stormed into the United States Capitol building on Wednesday and headed to the Senate chambers, where one took to the dais and shouted: “Trump won that election!”
President Donald Trump urged his supporters to remain peaceful after they stormed the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday to protest the certification of the electoral college vote.
The U.S. Capitol is on lockdown after crowds of Trump supporters breached the building, breaking through barriers and clashing with police as lawmakers gather for a joint session of Congress to count and certify the electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election.
Protestors entered the United States Capitol building as the House and Senate are voting to certify the 2020 presidential election.
At least 21 House Democrats are seeking a ban against members of Congress carrying firearms in the U.S. Capitol.
Newly elected Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has already asked Capitol Police about her ability to have a gun on Capitol grounds for defense of herself and her fellow lawmakers.
WASHINGTON, DC – Iranian-Americans transformed the grassy field in front of the reflecting pool on the west side of the U.S. Capitol into a stunning exhibit featuring the photographs of thousands of those, including teenagers, among the 120,000 who the Iranian regime has slaughtered since it took power in 1979.
Thirteen of the 15 statues Democrats want removed for the U.S. Capitol because of ties to racism were Democrats.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that four portraits of former speakers, all Democrats who served in the Confederacy, be removed.
GOP Senators from Mississippi told a local news outlet that statues representing states at the Capitol and a state’s flag is a state matter.
The U.S. Capitol and its nearby congressional buildings will be closed to the public due to coronavirus concerns, with Congress announcing Thursday that only staff, lawmakers, press, and official business visitors will be allowed inside the buildings.
Pissi Myles, a self-described drag queen comedian, singer, and hostess from Asbury Park, NJ, was spotted on the first day of public impeachment hearings on Capitol Hill.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis sent a request to the architect of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday asking for a statue of a Confederate general to be replaced with one of a civil rights leader.
Presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said on Monday in Mississippi the state should remove the confederate symbol from its flag.
As the late Rev. Billy Graham lay in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda this week before his Friday burial in North Carolina, some state lawmakers are proposing a more permanent tribute to the late pastor.
President Donald Trump honored Pastor Billy Graham during a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
A group of eighth-grade students from a New Jersey middle school was divided over whether or not to take a picture with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) on their class trip to Washington D.C. Thursday.
President Donald Trump spoke at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, participating in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s National Commemoration.
Donald Trump’s inauguration proceedings this Friday officially confirmed his new job as 45th President of the United States. Here are some of the best images captured during the ceremony and its aftermath.
The Florida man who flew a gyrocopter to the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. could face up to nine and a half years in prison after being indicted by a federal jury on Wednesday.
Police arrested a man who steered his tiny, one-person helicopter onto the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, surprising spring tourists and prompting a temporary lockdown of the Capitol Visitor Center.
A 20-year-old man who planned to murder the president and attack the U.S. Capitol with pipe bombs confessed he made the plans in sympathy with ISIS. In an interview from jail, he warned that the group has followers in every state and claimed additional attacks are on the way.
Stay off our yard! Despite a Thursday snow dump in Washington D.C., there will still be no sledding on U.S. Capitol Grounds.
Video of Amine El-Khalifi, a 29-year-old that plotted an attack on the U.S. Capitol using a suicide vest with an automatic weapon, was released exclusively to ABC News and aired on it’s Thursday broadcast of “World News Tonight.” “Let’s do it man, I don’t want
