Lightning struck the US Capitol building and Washington Monument simultaneously on New Year’s Eve which garnered responses ...

A harrowing chapter in American history remains shrouded in mystery: Who planted pipe bombs outside offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees in Washington on the eve of the ...

Philip D. Lang, a longtime Democratic Party leader in Portland and former speaker of the Oregon House, died Dec. 29 of ...

Social media reactions came ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration as the 47th president of the United States on January 20.

North Carolina will celebrate the arrival of its 76th governor on Jan. 11, when Josh Stein takes a ceremonial oath of office ...

Before the bomb was deactivated, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's motorcade passed by the DNC building as she was evacuated from the Capitol, according to House Republicans. This week ...

Overall, 150 women will serve on Capitol Hill in the new Congress ... come into politics … it creates a foundation that we’re building from.” The 2018 cycle was a wake-up call for Republican ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared headed for defeat before two Republicans switched their vote, delivering him a majority.

Since 2004, the state has put out a state Capitol ornament each holiday season. Ken Haar, a former city councilman and state ...

Montanans are celebrating the miracle of Hanukkah with the annual tradition of lighting a menorah here at the capitol ...

A California man apologized Friday for his connection to a 15-year-old girl who fatally shot a teacher and a fellow student ...