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Christopher Nolan speaks during a screening of “Oppenheimer” on July 17 in New York City.

‘Oppenheimer’ sparks nuclear debate. Will Congress join in?

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted July 21, 2023 at 4:29pm
Republicans celebrate their win during last year’s Congressional Baseball Game. This year, “nonviolent” demonstrators have vowed to disrupt the game.

Climate protesters will risk arrest at Congressional Baseball Game

By Paul V. Fontelo and Lindsey Gilbert
Posted July 26, 2022 at 5:05pm
Beach reads: These books breeze through old ideas about Washington, D.C. (Composition by Chris Hale)

Can’t get enough of political Washington? Here’s your summer reading list

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted April 28, 2021 at 6:30am
Emmanuel Sanford-Durant grew up seeing the Capitol Dome from his backyard, but it still felt worlds away.

Walking ‘17 Blocks’ was ‘like crossing a force field’

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted March 3, 2021 at 6:00am
Visitors gather at the Capitol Christmas tree at sunset on Dec. 3.

The 12 days of Congress’ clichés

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted December 9, 2020 at 6:30am
Voters wait in line in Atlanta to vote in Georgia's primary.

Long lines at the polling place? This group sends pizza

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted June 23, 2020 at 6:00am
John Bolton, then national security adviser, listens to President Donald Trump in 2019. Fast forward a year, and his book release is right on track.

John Bolton fatigue sets in, just as bookstores reopen

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted June 23, 2020 at 6:00am
Politicians like to quote snippets from the speeches and writings of Martin Luther King Jr., but on Tuesday they’ll read out his entire “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”

King’s sharp rebuke of moderates will resound through the Senate

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted June 16, 2020 at 5:30am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., conducts a news conference on April 30.

A definitive guide to mask fashion on Capitol Hill

By Kathryn Lyons and Lindsey Gilbert
Posted May 19, 2020 at 8:53am
Ducklings leap into the Capitol Reflecting Pool on Monday, among four broods spotted there so far this season.

Roof rescue: Ducklings go from stuck at the library to swimming in the pool

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted May 5, 2020 at 6:00am
The American flag is seen flown at half mast at the White House on the 17th anniversary of 9/11 Tuesday Sept. 11, 2018. (Photo By Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)

White House Correspondents’ Dinner rescheduled, will cap off convention season

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted April 13, 2020 at 5:23pm

Congressman dons coffee filter mask for ‘strange and surreal’ House session

By Lindsey Gilbert and Thomas McKinless
Posted April 10, 2020 at 12:53pm
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has written poems before, and this time he addressed the coronavirus.

Sen. Cory Booker wrote a coronavirus poem

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted March 30, 2020 at 7:25pm
New York Giants’ third baseman Bobby Thomson on Oct. 3, 1951 after his homer that gave his team a victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers and the National League pennant. The radio broadcast of this famous moment sports history is among this year’s additions to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry.

Wallowing in old games on opening day? Here’s an ‘aural treasure’

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted March 26, 2020 at 4:27pm
A man wears a face mask while waiting for a takeout order at Kelly’s Irish Times on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

Happy hour is canceled for Congress. Here’s how pubs are coping

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted March 25, 2020 at 6:00am
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., was among those set to attend the Gridiron Club Dinner.

Gridiron Dinner canceled over coronavirus concerns in D.C.

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted March 10, 2020 at 5:09pm
“Say it with flowers” can be complicated when even colors are partisan. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Sometimes a red rose is just a red rose, even on Capitol Hill

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted February 13, 2020 at 6:00am
This is what an impeachment trial looks like. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

This is what a giant pile of impeachment candy looks like

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted January 24, 2020 at 1:36pm
Capitol workers wind the Ohio Clock in the Ohio Clock Corridor in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

What to watch during impeachment: Napping senators

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted January 22, 2020 at 2:38pm
She’s running, maybe. Cardi B performs in New York in November. (Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

We don’t have a Cardi B election race rating yet

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted January 14, 2020 at 12:06pm
George Papadopoulos is a big fan of LinkedIn. (Noam Galai/Getty Images file photo)

The Papadopoulos Tapes: Long live LinkedIn!

By Jason Dick and Lindsey Gilbert
Posted March 27, 2019 at 3:52pm
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., talks strategy with Olympic gold medalist Kim Rhode during the 2005 Congressional Shoot-Out in Maryland. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

He wrote the background check bill. He also shoots a mean pigeon

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted February 27, 2019 at 12:03pm
Bill Snape dons his Frostpaw outfit in Philadelphia for the 2016 Democratic convention. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Frostpaw still can’t bear climate change

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted February 22, 2019 at 5:00am
Ruth Gresser, right, is bringing back her pizza promotion celebrating women who lead. (Thomas McKinless/CQ Roll Call)

It’s still the year of the woman, if this pizza chef has her way

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted February 7, 2019 at 5:02am