U.S. Capitol

Officer William “Billy” Evans, who was killed in a car-ramming attack outside the Capitol, is just the fourth officer ever to lie in honor at the Capitol Rotunda.

After an attack outside the U.S. Capitol left one officer dead and another injured, crews were seen putting concrete barriers behind fencing that surrounds the complex. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

News4’s Jackie Bensen shares details of the emotional procession that took place for the Capitol Police officer.

News4 has obtained a copy of security and body camera video, which prosecutors said shows Emanuel Jackson of Maryland attempting to beat police with a metal baseball bat during the U.S. Capitol Insurrection on January 6. The video was ordered released to News4 by Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, where hundreds...

More fencing has come down around the U.S. Capitol and another major road reopened, but local leaders say it isn’t enough. After the deadly riot at the Capitol Jan. 6, fencing and razor wire went up, cutting off public access to the campus and surrounding roads for blocks in every direction. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, D.C. Council members and...

More fencing has come down around the U.S. Capitol and now, another major road has reopened. News4’s Mark Segraves shows us what’s new around the Capitol complex, and has reaction from local leaders who say the reopenings so far still aren’t enough.

The board that oversees the U.S. Capitol Police is beginning a search for a permanent police chief, a person familiar with the matter said, as the fallout from the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol continues.

The show of force around the U.S. Capitol could be staying in place a while longer. The acting chief of Capitol Police asked the Pentagon to continue providing security for at least another two months as law enforcement were on high alert for a possible attack by conspiracy theorists. News4’s Shomari Stone got reaction from Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes...

Multiple Michigan National Guard members stationed at the U.S. Capitol were sickened after they were served food that was raw, moldy, undercooked and even filled with metal shavings, the state’s congressional delegation said in a letter.  Guard members who have served at the Capitol for weeks in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot recently reported being served meals...

News4’s Derrick Ward reports on the removal of fencing near Lafayette Square.

A Dallas area native and actor who allegedly used a crutch to assault police officers while storming the U.S. Capitol last month is set to appear in court on Friday, the FBI says.

The end of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is only the beginning of Congress’ reckoning with the riot of Jan. 6.

Legal briefs filed in the impeachment case against former President Donald Trump lay out radically different positions ahead of next week’s Senate trial.

Members of Congress and U.S. Capitol Police officers paid tribute Wednesday to Officer Brian Sicknick, who lay in honor for a second day in the building he died defending.  “Our promise to Brian’s family is that we will never forget his sacrifice,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said at a solemn memorial ceremony attended by Sicknick’s family. “Bless those who...

Slain Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick is lying in honor in the U.S. Capitol.

President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden paid their respects to slain U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who lay in honor at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday night

A second police officer who defended the U.S. Capitol during the mob attack on Jan. 6 has died by suicide, the acting chief of the Metropolitan Police Department said this week.

Capitol Hill is still dealing with the fallout from the Jan. 6 insurrection. Scott MacFarlane reports there are new disputes and struggles related to all the new security.

Images of National Guard soldiers camped in a cold parking garage after being sent to protect Washington are sparking new calls for investigations of the U.S. Capitol Police, now facing allegations that the agency evicted troops sent to help after its failure to stop rioting mobs two weeks ago