The books fly in the face of the library’s own stated goal to serve as a strictly nonpartisan resource in the capitol.

The U.S. Secret Service and Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police found the man in a Washington hotel early Tuesday morning and interviewed him, sources said. They searched for a gun and found no weapon and no further action was taken at that time, they said.

We are severely disappointed in the security failure,” House Administration leaders said, vowing to scrutinize screening procedures.

A Capitol Police officer has been suspended after a man with a gun was able to get past a security check at the Capitol Visitor

President-elect Donald Trump's will be sworn in under the Capitol Rotunda, rather than outside. But he's not the only president inaugurated in an unusual location.

A combination of harsh weather and delay in individual states choosing electors pushed the inauguration to April 30, 1789. At 2 p.m., Washington recited the constitutionally mandated oath on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, the fledgling nation’s temporary capitol.

“On Tuesday, January 21, the United ... Capitol area, with officers arriving at around 1:15 p.m. to find his vehicle along First Street near East Capitol Street, Northeast, where the Library of ...

A man was discovered to be carrying a gun after attending a tour of the U.S. Capitol and leaving the nearby Library of Congress.

A Massachusetts man was arrested after authorities say he entered the United States Capitol and took a tour of the building with a handgun in his possession.

The 27-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested Tuesday after Capitol police officers found him leaving the Library of Congress and walking toward his car, police said in a news release.

A Massachusetts man who toured the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday was later found to be carrying a handgun, police officials said.