The Latest Breaking News from Capitol

SAN FRANCISCO — Less than a year and a half in office, Alex Padilla has already made his mark in the U.S. Senate.

Why did 46.8% of Americans vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 election? Why did approximately 2,000 of them attack the Capitol building? Why do 54% believe Joe Biden to be one of the worst Presidents in US history? They can’t all be “deplorables”, all ill-educated bigots or self-interested cynics.…

Florida lawmakers will return to the Capitol to begin a special session to approve a new congressional map after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed the previous GOP-backed boundaries that preserved minority districts

Almost a third of Jan. 6 defendants have extremist links, says researcher Michael Jensen. It could be much more

Subpoenaed former White House adviser gives virtual deposition on whether Trump encouraged supporters to march on Capitol

Lawmakers pressed Stephen Miller during a daylong closed-door interview about Donald Trump’s speech at a rally that preceded the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol

Dustin Thompson faces up to 20 years in federal prison

Dustin Byron Thompson, who says he was "following presidential orders" from Donald Trump when he stormed the US Capitol, is convicted by a jury that took less than three hours to reject his defence.

A federal jury has begun deliberating in the trial of an Ohio man who testified that he was following orders from then-President Donald Trump when he stormed the U.S. Capitol last year