Ayanna Williams, a junior government major at William & Mary, is the first Black woman to serve on Williamsburg City Council.

The grand ceremonial spectacle, which marks the arrival of an akhara at the Maha Kumbh, brings crowds to a standstill. One ...

After a tenuous vote to reelect Republican Rep. Mike Johnson as speaker of the House, South Carolinians saw a few of their ...

Sarah McBride, the first out transgender member of Congress, represents Delaware in the House, and has fielded attacks from ...

Congressional Republicans said they are eager to get to work after lawmakers certified President-elect Trump's November ...

According to the Congressional Record, the policy will be enforced by the sergeant-at-arms and applies to “all areas of the ...

A Hampshire town's original ceremonial mace has celebrated its 100th anniversary. Rushmoor Borough Council recently held a reception to mark the centenary of the gift to Aldershot from local ...

At 7:00 a.m., on Thursday, January 9, the U.S. Capitol Rotunda will close to the public for public viewing. At 9:00 a.m., ...

These warrior-ascetics were known to protect Shiv temples from the Mughal army and invaders. Naga Sadhus had even defeated ...

One darker theory is that the balls were the heads of ceremonial maces and were used in executions, or even ritual murders. Around 425 of the spheres are known to historians, and examples ...