Congressional leaders on Tuesday unveiled a new statue of civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns, replacing the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol. “Today, we are here to honor one of America’s true trailblazers — a woman who embodied the essence of the American spirit in her fight for liberty and justice and equal treatment under the law, the indomitable Barbara Rose Johns,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said. In 1951, Ms. Johns was just 16 years old when she organized a s

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont took the lectern at Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's scheduled press conference at the Capitol on Wednesday and offered his thoughts on Tuesday's elections. CBS News’ Caitlin Huey-Burns asked Sanders about New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani identifying himself as democratic socialist, and whether the Democratic Party should embrace it. “Then you have to go through a long book of what democratic socialism means,” Sanders responded. “The American people, I think

A man who was pardoned by Trump for storming the Capitol in 2021 has been arrested on child molestation charges after attempting to silence his victim with the promise of a $10 million Jan. 6 payout. #January6 #Pardon #Arrest