Every state has a capitol that houses its state legislature. Many are domed buildings similar to the US Capitol, but others ...

The following script is from "The Capitol Dome" which aired on Dec. 1, 2013. The correspondent is Scott Pelley. Nicole Young, producer. If you’re yearning for something that rises above the ...

An earlier version of this story misstated the weight of the dome’s cast iron. It is 9 million pounds, not tons. The story has been corrected. When the U.S. Capitol dome was built in the 1860s ...

In the depths of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln is said to have viewed the construction of the U.S. Capitol dome as a symbol of the Union's endurance. Tuesday, a week after a bitterly divided ...