Lawmakers on Wednesday expressed alarm over the sidelining of the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) in the security planning leading up to the Jan. 6 attack despite its role on the Capitol Police Board.

President Biden has fired Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton, a Trump-era appointee, following a scathing inspector general's report.

The architect has a wide-ranging role and is responsible for overseeing the maintenance, operation, development and preservation of the Capitol complex and also sits on the Capitol Police Board.

Firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz wrote to the head of the federal agency responsible for operations at the US Capitol on Tuesday and asked how long before Rep. Kevin McCarthy “is considered a squatter ...

FILE – J. Brett Blanton, Architect of the Capitol, speaks during the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington.

So J. Brett Blanton, as the Architect of the Capitol, appointed by #45 also needs to be held accountable. — if voting didn’t matter y they trying to stop us? (@blk_mascara) January 7, 2021 ...

A DC watchdog group is calling for a new Architect of the Capitol after an Inspector General’s report found that the current architect, J. Brett Blanton, abused his power, squandered taxpayer funds, ...

Architect of The Capitol British soldiers set fire to the Capitol and other buildings in D.C. during the War of 1812, but architect Charles Bullfinch oversaw the completion of the Capitol and the ...

The flags, the bunting, all of that falls on the Architect of the Capitol to make that happen. 043504 Bob Schieffer: It was not until Ronald Reagan came to town that you began to have it on the ...

Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers, left, here with Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., at a 2014 news conference about the Capitol Dome Restoration Project, is retiring.

Stephen Ayers, 48, became the 11th architect of the Capitol in May with unanimous Senate confirmation. He is the man now charged with the maintenance, construction and preservation of not only the ...

As architect of the Capitol, Stephen Ayers oversees 2,300 employees responsible for the maintenance and operation of the historic U.S. Capitol Building, the House and Senate office buildings, the ...