The flag-draped coffin bearing the body of longtime U.S. Representative John Lewis was escorted on Monday to the Capitol where it will lie in state through Tuesday in a tribute to his life-long ...

The president previously said he was ‘saddened’ by news of the congressman’s death, calling him a civil rights hero in a tweet. President Donald Trump has made clear that he will not be visiting the U ...

(CNN) — Members of Congress threw a surprise party for Democratic Rep. John Lewis of Georgia on Tuesday, celebrating the civil rights icon’s 80th birthday. Katherine Clark, Vice Chair of the House ...

The body of Congressman John Lewis was lying in state at the US Capitol on Monday as Americans paid their final tributes to the civil rights icon. Lewis, a 17-term Democratic member of the US House of ...

WASHINGTON ‒ One by one, members of the Congressional Black Caucus honored the legacy of the late Georgia Rep. John Lewis, July 14, reading the works of the civil rights icon and vowing to also get ...