As 19 news gets ready to celebrate our country’s 250-th birthday next year. We’re profiling people and places that are the backbone of America.

The family of a Massachusetts college student who was shot and killed last month while working as a congressional intern in Washington, D.C., is speaking out.

Rep. Robert Garcia is the new top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. At a moment when his party is craving more confrontation with President Trump, he says he's ready to lean into the fray.