Thousands of people tour the US Capitol every year. Very few get a first-hand look inside the building's most iconic feature. There is a secret staircase hidden in the Capitol dome, and it goes ...

First, a viral photo captured four glowing lights mysteriously hovering just a few feet above the Statue of Freedom on the ...

You can fool the governor with a trick that engineers used to build the United States Capitol dome. The U.S. Capitol dome is really an illusion. It's actually a thin shell. And the structure that ...

History of the U.S. Capitol Building The U.S. Capitol Building has ... The rotunda is a circular space located beneath the Capitol’s iconic dome. It serves as a symbolic center of the building ...

Congress is debating the Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act at a time when demand for electricity is rising and supplies ...

Special Notes: "Whose bright idea was it to build our dome with wood? Some careless person dropped a match last week. Now our historic building is nothing but a crumbled, charred mess. I want you ...

Pepper spray was fired as Trump supporters clashed with police and security forces as they stormed the Capitol building. A man photographed bleeding outside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington ...

Arguably the most magnificent building in Washington, the U.S. Capitol is where visitors go ... not to mention an iconic cast-iron dome added to the structure in 1868. It can be a bit of time ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer argued in his new book that the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol Building is a prime example ... on the Jewish community in US history, which killed 11 people ...

Thousands of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. Nearly 150 police officers were injured, some quite seriously. While most of the perpetrators were initially ...

As part of a year-long investigation into Congress’s relationship with slavery, The Washington Post analyzed more than 400 artworks in the U.S. Capitol building, from the Crypt to the ceiling of ...