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The US Capitol Police board is detailing a list of changes -- from trainings to new recruitment efforts, hoping to convince members of Congress the department has significantly improved since the January 6 attack exposed problems, while acknowledging the agency is significantly understaffed.

The Biden administration is opening additional federally run free Covid-19 testing sites in six states across the country -- Maine, Maryland, Nevada, Delaware, Texas and Washington -- as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to surge in the US.

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has lots of issues with the Democrats' expanded child tax credit, which is a main reason why his party's plan to extend it for another year is on ice.

A bipartisan group of Senate lawmakers discussed the possibility of another economic stimulus package last year amid the Omicron wave of coronavirus, but talks failed to move forward.

Sebastian Gorka, a radio host and ally of former President Donald Trump, has filed suit against the January 6 committee and Verizon in an attempt to block a subpoena for his cell phone records.

The House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection is cranking up the pace ahead of Thursday's anniversary of the mob attack, training its sights on ex-Vice President Mike Pence and Donald Trump's top Fox News booster Sean Hannity.

Some top Democratic operatives are terrified that their down-ballot candidates are responding too timidly to the threat of former President Donald Trump using this year's midterm elections to launch a return to the White House, and they've formed a new group to raise the alarm.

The two visions of pandemic America have arrived at the US Supreme Court.

The Capitol insurrection was based on a lie about the 2020 election. And for a whole year now, the insurrection itself has been lied about.

Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence of Michigan announced on Tuesday that she will not seek reelection to the House this year after four terms representing Michigan's 14th District, becoming the 25th House Democrat to announce they're leaving at the end of this term. "Today, after reflecting on my journey -- and oh, my goodness, what a journey -- and having conversations with my family, I am announcing that I will not be seeking reelection to Congress," Lawrence said in a video posted to Twitter. "I'm incredibly grateful for the people of Michigan's 14th Congressional District who have placed their trust and vote in me -- in me, just a little Black girl from the east side of Detroit, you made me your congresswoman."

Law enforcement and federal authorities in the Washington area are stepping up security efforts in anticipation of the one-year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

It's been a dramatic six months since the establishment of the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot.

The House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill insurrection intends to ask Fox News anchor Sean Hannity to talk to the committee about his interactions with the White House and then-President Donald Trump regarding the 2020 election and the attack on the US Capitol, three sources tell CNN.

Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, wants to hear directly from then-Vice President Mike Pence, who certified the 2020 presidential election despite an extensive pressure campaign led by former President Donald Trump and his allies to halt the process.

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott sued President Joe Biden and other members of the administration on Tuesday over the requirement that members of the National Guard be vaccinated against Covid-19.

The Omicron variant's rapid spread has pushed the US into another confusing pandemic moment as Americans try to strike a responsible balance between evolving public health guidance and their personal risk tolerance.

Former President Donald Trump was hit with two new federal lawsuits Tuesday from law enforcement officers who were at the US Capitol on January 6 and who allege that Trump directed the assault that left them injured and emotionally traumatized.

The US military conducted strikes in Syria after indirect fire posed what a US-led coalition official called "an imminent threat" to troops near Green Village, a base in the east of the country near the Iraqi border.

Sen. Tim Kaine on Tuesday recounted his hours-long journey on a Washington-area highway after a winter storm crippled the region and left hundreds, including the Virginia Democrat, stranded for hours on roads.

All nine Supreme Court justices have received a Covid-19 booster shot, the court said Tuesday.