Category:US Capitol

This is the category for the US Capitol, a building in Washington, D.C., seat of the US Congress.

Include here articles about the building; the extended complex of congressional buildings in its vicinity, sometimes called Capitol Hill; and the United States Capitol Police in relation thereto.

Omit here articles about congressional activities alluding incidentally to the fact that they take place in the Capitol, articles using Capitol Hill as a metonym for Congress, and (should the occasion arise) articles not relating to Congress about the Capitol Hill residential neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

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• 10 August 2023: Former US President Donald Trump pleads not guilty over alleged attempts to 'subvert' 2020 presidential election results
• 5 May 2023: US jury finds Proud Boys members guilty of seditious conspiracy, other charges
• 25 March 2022: Cowboys for Trump founder convicted of entering U.S. Capitol illegally during January 6 attacks
• 18 April 2015: Gyrocopter lands on US Capitol's west lawn
• 12 April 2015: US Capitol lockdown lifted after shooting
• 4 January 2013: 113th United States Congress convenes
• 23 August 2011: Magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Virginia felt up and down U.S. east coast, Pentagon evacuated
• 16 July 2009: U.S. Capitol Police kill man during traffic stop turned chase
• 20 January 2009: Obama succeeds Bush as 44th president of the United States
• 7 March 2008: Letters regarding Times Square bombing sent to Congress

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US Capitol building. From file, 2004.
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