The pay bump would give raises to over 20 million workers - and could provide relief for public safety net programs.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made the announcement Friday, ahead of next week's presidential inauguration.

Retired Lt. Col. Larry Rendall Brock Jr., 53, was arrested on Sunday in Texas after being identified as the man photographed on the Senate floor wearing a helmet and vest, and carrying the plastic cuffs.

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff recalled their first date in a rare joint interview with CNN's Abby Phillip, for a CNN special report airing Sunday on the barrier-breaking vice president and her historic career.

Jacob Fracker is the first known service member arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 riot.

A Texas woman who flew in a private jet to Washington D.C. the day before the riots at the Capitol, then posted photos and videos of herself joining in the mob action the next day was arrested Friday.