Virginia Democrats have unveiled a new U.S. House map that aims to give the party four more seats in Congress.

The rare murals in the Cohen Federal Building celebrate vital American values of dignity and community. Now they could meet the same fate as the White House’s East Wing.

Two hundred fifty years ago, the founding father signed the Declaration of Independence. It marked the beginning of the United States of America. Over the next five months, NPR is bringing you stories ...

Pierre L'Enfant was a lowly French engineer when he met George Washington at Valley Forge. Washington recruited him to make the design for the nation's new capital city. L'Enfant made the plans, but ...

A Jan. 6 rioter who went viral after he was photographed hauling then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s lectern around the ravaged US Capitol Building announced he is running for office — on the ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — A man who grabbed then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s podium and posed with it for photographs during the U.S. Capitol riot is running for county office in Florida. Adam Johnson ...

A plaque honoring law enforcement personnel who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack will go on display inside the building, senators decided Thursday. The Senate unanimously passed a ...

With multiple unanswered questions and the investigation into the Minnesota shooting only in its early stages, former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger says that coming to any conclusions this soon ...