All 14 of Mississippi’s black, state senators refused to vote on a bill banning the teaching of critical race theory in the state's public schools, walking out in protest instead. ...

Charles McGee, a decorated military pilot with the pioneering all-black Tuskegee Airman who flew missions in three wars, died peacefully in his sleep. ...

Trump helped raise $3.2 million for Rep. Elise Stefanik, his political action committee and other GOP candidates on Capitol Hill with the event at his Mar-a-Lago resort. ...

​​Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the chairman of the Democratic-led panel, said the committee would formally invite Pence to testify about the Jan. 6 siege. ...

Dueling vigils were held in Washington DC Thursday night to mark the one-year anniversary of the Capitol riot, emphasizing a larger clash over what people believe really happened that day. ...

Former Senate Majority Leaders Harry Reid, who died last week at the age of 82, will lie in state in the United States Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 12. ...

Anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. took a jab at media reports that guests at his holiday party had to show proof they were vaccinated. ...

“Your honor, I’m really really ashamed of what I did,” Robert Palmer, 54, told US District Judge Tanya Chutkan through sobs on Friday when he was given a 63-month sentence for attacking cops during the riot. ...

"We’ll evaluate any of those requests as they come," the ex-veep reportedly said. ...

The House Jan. 6 committee voted on Wednesday to recommend that Trump Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark be held in contempt of Congress after he declined to cooperate with the panel.  ...