Texas Democrats fled the state on Sunday to stall a vote on a new electoral map that would add five new GOP seats in the House of Representatives.

Behind the scenes, however, Johnson’s decision underscores the House GOP’s deep divisions and its increasing deference to Donald Trump. 

Social media users are comprising detailed threads which show videos of mob members being promptly escorted straight to jail.

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U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who has died, was "reportedly bludgeoned with a fire extinguisher during the siege of the Capitol."

WASHINGTON (AP) — African-American slaves sweated in the summer heat and shivered in the winter’s cold while helping to build the U.S. Capitol.