On Thursday, late President Carter is set to depart the U.S. Capitol at 9 a.m. and travel to the Washington National Cathedral for a ceremony at 9:30 a.m. followed by the National Funeral Services at 10 a.m. Then, Carter and his family will return to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, where they will board back to Georgia.
"On January 20th, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate our country coming together behind the inauguration of our 47th President, Donald Trump," the Louisiana Republican said in a statement. "The flags will be lowered back to half-staff the following day to continue honoring President Jimmy Carter."
A total of 13 Connecticut residents were arrested in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and some of them may receive a pardon when Donald Trump takes office.
WASHINGTON — Inside the Capitol, reminders of the violence are increasingly hard to find. Scars on the walls have been repaired. Windows and doors broken by the rioters have been replaced. And there is no plaque, display or remembrance of any kind.
Carter's State Funeral came to an end on Thursday in Washington, D.C., as he was lifted off to his final resting place --- Georgia, according to the United States Capitol Police. The last National ...
Former President Jimmy Carter is lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on Tuesday before a funeral service later this week. Follow for live news updates.
The Capitol has a more expansive policy for lying in state. Congressman Henry Clay, in 1852, was the first to lie in the Capitol Rotunda. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover lay in the Capitol in 1972. Police officers killed in 1998 while protecting the Capitol also lay in state there. Sen. John McCain lay in state after his death earlier this year.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pardoning rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol four years ago can’t erase the truth about what happened that day, the top federal prosecutor for Washington, D.C., said ...
An Indiana man who fled the United States to avoid serving a nine-month prison sentence for storming the U.S. Capitol was arrested ... a protest outside of the Washington, D.C., jail in support ...
President Joe Biden ordered flags be at half staff to honor the late President Jimmy Carter. Will they be raised on Inauguration Day?