Newsday's Billy House has covered Congress for different outlets for more than 20 years. He waited out part of the attack in the House chamber.

Police officer Brian Sicknick died after being assaulted while defending the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. His brother, Craig Sicknick, explains his anger and frustration over false narratives about that day and President Trump’s sweeping pardons of people charged or convicted of participating in the attack.

WASHINGTON -- A violent group of rioters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and forced lawmakers into hiding, in a stunning attempt to overturn America's presidential election, undercut the nation's democracy and keep ...

U.S. Capitol Police arrested dozens of demonstrators inside the Capitol rotunda and outside Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., as members of the Senate continued to debate President Donald Trump’s "big, beautiful bill." The Associated Press said ...

ABC News’ Josh Margolin discusses his reporting. Some of the most shocking images that arose from the insurrection last Wednesday were of Trump supporters streaming out of the U.S. Capitol building. These rioters had damaged and defaced government ...

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Over 230 years ago on Sept. 18, 1793, the construction of the U.S. Capitol building began with George Washington laying the cornerstone. The build took nearly a century to complete, with several lead architects, the British ...

WASHINGTON -- A mob of violent protesters made its way into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, forcing police to evacuate lawmakers and delaying the constitutional process to affirm Joe Biden's victory in the November election. Some of the reaction: "To storm ...

The federal law enforcement agency is already understaffed. The union representing United States Capitol Police officers said "many" members of the force are looking to retire from or leave the federal law enforcement agency after the Jan. 6 insurrection.