Before it became a symbol, the Capitol was a gamble. Built slowly, burned by enemies, and rebuilt during civil war, it reflects the fragility of the nation itself. Every chamber, corridor, and tunnel ...

Republicans asked the justices to step in after a federal court rejected their claims that the state’s new congressional map ...

The flu virus is surging across the United States, with positive clinical lab tests up 25.6 percent over the past week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Visits to ...

Oregon was the top state Americans moved to in 2025, according to a new study by federally licensed mover United Van Lines, while neighboring California continued to see more residents pack up and ...

Death is known as the great equalizer, and for the Holy Roman Emperors, eternal rest comes with elaborate perks. Since 1633, ...

Scott MacFarlane is CBS News' Justice correspondent. He has covered Washington for two decades, earning 20 Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards. His reporting has resulted directly in the passage of five ...

President Trump took decisive action to pardon January 6 defendants who were unfairly targeted, overcharged, and used as political examples. They were not protected by the leaders who failed them.

On the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, there's no official event to memorialize what happened that day ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday unanimously agreed to hang a plaque honoring the officers who protected the Capitol when it was under attack by a pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6 five years ago. The ...

The United States unveiled its roster for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 on Friday. It’s the first time NHL players will participate in the Olympics since 2014. This will be the first ...

The tactically precise operation successfully extracted Mr. Maduro with no loss of American life, a result heralded by President Trump amid larger questions about the legality and rationale for the ...

The White House rolled out a new website Tuesday with a full-blown recast of the historical record of January 6, 2021, hailing the pro-Trump mob who stormed the US Capitol five years ago as “peaceful ...