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Capitol Lens | Rail blazing

By Bill Clark
Posted September 15, 2026 at 4:54pm
A memorial to the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk is seen at the Republican midterm convention at the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas on Thursday, the anniversary of Kirk’s assassination. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Roll Call on the Road: Day Two in Dallas

By Bill Clark
Posted September 10, 2026 at 10:23pm
President Donald Trump arrives to speak Wednesday at the Republican midterm convention at the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Roll Call on the Road: Day One of the Republican midterm convention

By Bill Clark
Posted September 10, 2026 at 2:10am

Capitol Lens | Mike check

By Bill Clark
Posted September 9, 2026 at 3:12pm
Rep. Everton Blair Jr., D-Ga., mugs for the cameras before his ceremonial swearing in photo-op in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Photos of the week | August 28-September 3, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted September 4, 2026 at 8:48am

Capitol Lens | Rolling Out

By Bill Clark
Posted September 3, 2026 at 3:33pm

Capitol Lens | Bay Area bonus

By Bill Clark
Posted September 2, 2026 at 4:58pm

Capitol Lens | Blair House

By Bill Clark
Posted September 1, 2026 at 3:19pm
A palmetto tree stands in front of the South Carolina State House in Columbia on Thursday.

Roll Call on the Road: South Carolina

By Bill Clark
Posted August 10, 2026 at 3:37pm
Mark McBride, a Republican candidate for Senate, stands during the opening prayer at the stump event at the Charleston Rifle Club in Charleston, S.C., on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | August 1-6, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted August 7, 2026 at 8:58am

Capitol Lens | That’ll do, pig

By Bill Clark
Posted August 6, 2026 at 2:46pm

Capitol Lens | Cloud pleaser

By Bill Clark
Posted August 4, 2026 at 3:45pm
Troy Jackson, Maine Democratic nominee for Senate, speaks after winning the nomination at the Maine Democrats special nominating convention in Bangor, Maine, on Saturday. Jackson will challenge incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.

Photos of the week | July 24-30, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 31, 2026 at 3:40pm

Capitol Lens | Speed dial

By Bill Clark
Posted July 30, 2026 at 4:45pm
A dragonfly buzzes the House steps during the last votes before the August recess on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | July 17-23, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 24, 2026 at 10:50am

Capitol Lens | Trophy life

By Bill Clark
Posted July 23, 2026 at 3:35pm

Capitol Lens | Upon reflection

By Bill Clark
Posted July 21, 2026 at 2:58pm
A National Guard soldier is seen inside the perimeter of the Great American State Fair as attractions were being disassembled on Sunday. The fair ran from June 25th to July 10th.

Photos of the week | July 10-16, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 17, 2026 at 6:00am
Alex Forsberg, an intern in Sen. Elissa Slotkin’s office, dons a hot dog costume at the "Taste of Michigan" event in the Russell Senate Office Building on Wednesday.

Capitol Lens | Hot Dog Day afternoon

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 15, 2026 at 4:41pm
Spectators use their smart phones and cameras to document fireworks as they explode over the National Mall in Washington on July 4, 2015.

Capitol Lens | Back and Fourth

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 2, 2026 at 8:00am
A U.S. Marshals officer searches the bag of a woman who was detained for dipping her hand into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday. Officers from the Park Police, U.S. Marshals, National Guard and police from the Town of Mooresville, N.C., police responded to the incident after a National Park Service worker filmed the woman dipping her hand into the water. The woman was given a citation and released. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | June 19-25, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 26, 2026 at 5:00am

Capitol Lens | Jet setters

By Bill Clark
Posted June 25, 2026 at 3:38pm

Capitol Lens | Snap decision

By Bill Clark
Posted June 24, 2026 at 4:36pm
Fireworks are seen over the National Mall after the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House early Monday morning. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | June 12-16, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 19, 2026 at 7:00am
Walter “Jay” Clayton III, nominee to be director of national intelligence, was scheduled to sit at this witness table for his confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday. But that didn’t end up happening.

Capitol Lens | Cold mic

By Bill Clark
Posted June 17, 2026 at 3:08pm

Capitol Lens | Playing chicken

By Bill Clark
Posted June 16, 2026 at 1:46pm

Capitol Lens | Sun city

By Bill Clark
Posted June 15, 2026 at 4:58pm
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., standing at center, and other senators pose for photos with staffers in the Ohio Clock Corridor of the Capitol during the annual Seersucker Thursday. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Adam B. Schiff, D-Calif., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., also appear.

Photos of the week | June 5-11, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 12, 2026 at 12:21pm

Capitol Lens | Entre moose

By Bill Clark
Posted June 9, 2026 at 3:20pm
Protesters chant outside the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee office where Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner was meeting with Democratic senators in Washington on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | May 29-June 4, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 5, 2026 at 11:18am

Capitol Lens | House work

By Bill Clark
Posted June 1, 2026 at 5:29pm
Work continues on painting the National Mall's Reflecting Pool blue on Monday. The paint job is slated to be completed by the 250th anniversary of the United States on July 4th. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | May 15-21, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted May 22, 2026 at 10:27am
A worker applies hot wax on the statue of Gen. Nathanael Greene in Stanton Park on May 5 as part of a restoration process. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | May 5-14, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted May 15, 2026 at 10:28am

Capitol Lens | ‘Higher’ ground

By Bill Clark
Posted May 13, 2026 at 3:28pm

Capitol Lens | Space time

By Bill Clark
Posted May 12, 2026 at 4:57pm
Secret Service agents respond on the dais at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner after shots were fired near the ballroom of the Washington Hilton on Saturday night. (Jason Dick/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | April 24-30, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted May 1, 2026 at 12:17pm

Capitol Lens | Low chair

By Bill Clark
Posted April 28, 2026 at 3:40pm
A worker navigates the scaffolding outside the Russell Senate Office Building with the Capitol dome in the background on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | April 17-23, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted April 24, 2026 at 10:32am

Capitol Lens | Sniper active

By Bill Clark
Posted April 23, 2026 at 5:02pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Virginians for Fair Maps rally in Bridgewater, Va., on Saturday. Virginia voters will decide on April 21st if Virginia congressional districts will be redrawn to counter the Texas redistricting. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | April 10-16, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted April 17, 2026 at 6:00am

Capitol Lens | Fuller House

By Bill Clark
Posted April 14, 2026 at 8:01pm
Demonstrators on the National Mall attend a "No Kings" rally on March 28 to oppose the policies of the Trump administration.

Capitol Lens | Recess review

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted April 10, 2026 at 6:00am
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters in the Capitol on Tuesday as he returns from the Senate floor to his office.

Photos of the week | March 23-27, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 27, 2026 at 11:10am
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., whispers to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., as House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain of Michigan speaks at a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | March 13-19, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 20, 2026 at 11:17am

Capitol Lens | Cram session

By Bill Clark
Posted March 17, 2026 at 2:41pm
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy tries on his helmet as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum looks on during the announcement of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington race course on the National Mall on Monday. The race on August 22-23 will be part the nation's 250th anniversary celebration. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | March 5-12, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 13, 2026 at 11:04am

Capitol Lens | Taco show

By Bill Clark
Posted March 11, 2026 at 4:12pm

Capitol Ink | King of the world?

By Bill Clark
Posted March 10, 2026 at 2:33pm

Capitol Lens | Photo finish

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 9, 2026 at 3:54pm
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks to reporters on the steps of the Capitol after President Donald Trump selected him to replace Kristi Noem as secretary of Homeland Security on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | February 27-March 5, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 6, 2026 at 10:23am

Capitol Lens | Photo stop

By Bill Clark
Posted March 3, 2026 at 3:11pm
Connor Hellebuyck, right, and other members of the Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. men's hockey team are recognized by President Donald Trump during the State of the Union address in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | February 20-26, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted February 27, 2026 at 10:41am

Capitol Lens | Pausing for paws

By Bill Clark
Posted February 25, 2026 at 5:21pm

Capitol Lens | Frog signal

By Bill Clark
Posted February 24, 2026 at 3:05pm

Capitol Lens | Strategic maneuver

By Bill Clark
Posted February 23, 2026 at 4:51pm
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick arrives for a Senate Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | February 6-12, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted February 13, 2026 at 10:53am

Capitol Lens | A ‘Walk for Peace’

By Bill Clark
Posted February 11, 2026 at 1:27pm

Capitol Lens | Comforting hand

By Bill Clark
Posted February 10, 2026 at 3:26pm

Capitol Lens | Virtual deposition

By Bill Clark
Posted February 9, 2026 at 3:13pm
Demonstrators attend a rally outside The Washington Post offices in downtown Washington on Thursday, after about 300 newsroom employees were laid off. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | January 30-February 5, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted February 6, 2026 at 10:37am

Capitol Lens | Thaw, humbug!

By Bill Clark
Posted February 5, 2026 at 4:37pm

Capitol Lens | Remembering Rosa Parks

By Bill Clark
Posted February 4, 2026 at 1:47pm

Capitol Lens | Shutter speed

By Bill Clark
Posted February 3, 2026 at 4:15pm
Architect of the Capitol crews clear snow from the East Front of the Capitol building Sunday as Winter Storm Fern dumps snow and sleet on the Washington area.

Photos of the week | January 23-29, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted January 30, 2026 at 6:00am

Capitol Lens | That’s Risch

By Bill Clark
Posted January 28, 2026 at 4:08pm

Capitol Lens | Snow job

By Bill Clark
Posted January 27, 2026 at 3:15pm

Capitol Lens | Well sled

By Bill Clark
Posted January 26, 2026 at 5:09pm
A National Park Service ranger salutes at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial after the annual MLK Day observance ceremony on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | January 16-22, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted January 23, 2026 at 9:50am

Capitol Lens | Just one Moore thing

By Bill Clark
Posted January 21, 2026 at 4:02pm

Capitol Lens | Eagle eye

By Bill Clark
Posted January 20, 2026 at 3:19pm
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., cuts through a group of people standing outside the Senate Foreign Relations Committee room after a vote in the Senate chamber on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | January 9-15, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted January 16, 2026 at 6:00am

Capitol Lens | Danespotting

By Bill Clark
Posted January 15, 2026 at 2:55pm

Capitol Lens | Choral majority

By Bill Clark
Posted January 14, 2026 at 3:27pm, Updated January 16, 2026 at 11:06am
The fireworks show begins at midnight with the Washington Monument illuminated as a birthday candle on New Year’s Eve. The four-sided projection light show on the Washington Monument, plus fireworks, kicked off the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026.

Photos of the week | January 1-8, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted January 9, 2026 at 12:41pm

Capitol Lens | Remembering the Giffords shooting

By Bill Clark and Chris Hale
Posted January 8, 2026 at 12:24pm

Capitol Lens | Winding up

By Bill Clark
Posted January 7, 2026 at 3:18pm

Capitol Lens | Back to storage

By Bill Clark
Posted January 6, 2026 at 4:07pm

Capitol Lens | Ready for takeoff

By Bill Clark
Posted January 5, 2026 at 3:39pm
The Washington Monument is seen at sunset on Sunday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | December 12-18, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 19, 2025 at 9:24am

Capitol Lens | Making Christmas music together

By Bill Clark
Posted December 16, 2025 at 7:30am
An artist sells prints of Donald Trump riding an elephant outside the Capital One Arena on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20. Cold temperatures forced the Inauguration to move indoors. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Roll Call’s 2025 feature photos of the year

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 16, 2025 at 6:00am
The top of the Washington Monument peaks above a fog bank over the Washington area at sunrise on Sunday morning.

Photos of the week | December 5-11, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 12, 2025 at 9:22am

Capitol Lens | Foggy top

By Bill Clark
Posted December 8, 2025 at 2:24pm
Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith and Capitol Police Chief Michael Sullivan attend a news conference at the Department of Justice on Thursday to announce the arrest of Brian Cole Jr., who allegedly placed pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee offices the night before Jan. 6, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | December 1-4, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 5, 2025 at 9:48am

Capitol Lens | Frosting over

By Bill Clark
Posted December 2, 2025 at 3:58pm
A tour group enters the Capitol Rotunda on Monday. After Congress voted last week to temporarily fund the government into January, the Capitol Visitor Center reopened and tours of the Capitol resumed. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | November 14-20, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted November 21, 2025 at 9:50am

Capitol Lens | Turkey wing

By Bill Clark
Posted November 20, 2025 at 3:10pm

Capitol Lens | Keeping watch

By Bill Clark
Posted November 18, 2025 at 3:43pm
The Capitol dome is lit on Wednesday night as the House prepared to pass the funding bill to end the partial government shutdown. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | November 7-13, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted November 14, 2025 at 10:14am
An Architect of the Capitol worker lowers the flag over the Capitol to half-staff on Tuesday in honor of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on Monday at age 84. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | October 31-November 6, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted November 7, 2025 at 8:55am

Capitol Lens | Under his eye

By Bill Clark
Posted November 5, 2025 at 3:28pm

Capitol Lens | Keeping watch

By Bill Clark
Posted November 4, 2025 at 4:20pm
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks to reporters as he arrives in the Capitol on Thursday. Tillis canceled his Bipawtisan Howl-o-ween Dog Parade this week due to the government shutdown. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | October 24-30, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 31, 2025 at 10:29am
A sign stands at the entrance to the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday. During the government shutdown, tours of the Capitol are officially on pause, except those led by members of Congress. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | October 17-23, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 24, 2025 at 9:27am
Protesters march down Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest for the “No Kings” demonstration in Washington on Saturday.

Capitol Lens | Chants, songs and signs at ‘No Kings’

By Bill Clark
Posted October 20, 2025 at 4:08pm
Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., and his English bulldog, Babydog, pose for photos during Babydog's 6th birthday party in the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | October 10-16, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 17, 2025 at 9:46am

Capitol Lens | New York minute

By Bill Clark
Posted October 16, 2025 at 5:39pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., conclude a news conference in the Capitol's Statuary Hall on the third day of the government shutdown on Friday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | October 3-9, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 10, 2025 at 9:42am
From left, House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain of Michigan, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., hold a news conference outside the Capitol on Wednesday, largely blaming Democrats for the partial government shutdown. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | September 26-October 2, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 3, 2025 at 8:43am

Capitol Lens | On reflection

By Bill Clark
Posted September 30, 2025 at 5:05pm