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Former Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., surrounded by senators, jokes about having a lectern her size during the room dedication ceremony in Washington, D.C., on June 8. She retired in 2017 after 45 years in Congress.

The U.S. Capitol has named two rooms after female senators for the first time ever

Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Margaret Chase Smith couldn't wear pants or use the main bathroom during their tenures, when female senators were scarce. Rooms in the Capitol now honor their legacies.

John Eastman, left, listens as former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks at the Jan. 6, 2021, "Save America" rally that preceded the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Who is John Eastman, the Trump lawyer at the center of the Jan. 6 investigation?

The former law professor's name came up a number or times during the Jan. 6 investigation committee's hearing on Trump's pressure to get his vice president to overturn the 2020 election.

Juneteenth, or Emancipation Day, commemorates the end of slavery on June 19, 1865 in Galveston, Texas, in compliance with President Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. Here, a young woman stands near a piece of art created during the Louisville Juneteenth Festival at the Big Four Lawn on June 19, 2021 in Louisville, Ky.

Companies are selling Juneteenth branded products. Here's why that's a big problem

Brands and companies are working to remove their Juneteenth items from shelves, as experts say those who are selling Juneteenth-branded products are "tone-deaf."

An artwork at Bread and Salt Gallery depicts a Ukrainian family fleeing from war, June 15 2022.

Barrio Logan gallery features Ukrainian art

The exhibit features works reflecting the violence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., talks with the media after a hearing of the committee, Thursday, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill.

The Justice Department wants to see the Jan. 6 committee's transcripts

It says the lack of sharing is complicating its criminal probe.

Jack Davis, <em>Watergate Breaks Wide Open.</em> Watercolor and ink on paperboard, 1973. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Bob Woodward recounts the Watergate story in an art museum

Decades after the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., reporter Bob Woodward visits a National Portrait Gallery exhibition about the Watergate scandal.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to reporters at a news conference on Wednesday. She announced New Zealand and France will lead a global effort to end the use of social media as a tool to promote terrorism.

Global Effort Begins To Stop Social Media From Spreading Terrorism

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her country and France will lead a meeting with world leaders next month. Social media is now a "centerpiece" for terrorist outreach, an expert says.

Leonard Glenn Francis, also known as "Fat Leonard" at a Navy event.

As jurors deliberate in the Fat Leonard case, Navy culture that spawned the bribes is unchanged

The Navy’s Fat Leonard bribery scandal has taken center stage in San Diego for nearly a decade.

A truck arrives at Larne port in County Antrim, where a customs post has been established as part of the Northern Ireland Protocol, on November 29, 2021.

A trade dispute between the U.K. and the EU erupts over post-Brexit deal

The international trade dispute has drawn widespread condemnation and threatened to disrupt the relative peace in Northern Ireland since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement in Belfast.

Constantine Tsioulcas, holding his daughter Anastasia as a baby.

A father's recipe that crossed three continents

Papa's recipe traveled over generations from Greece to Egypt and back again. It will never mean the same thing to the people who randomly find it online, but it will still be delicious.

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