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House members have already headed home for their summer break, leaving nothing but jet fumes behind. With this weekend marking 100 days until the midterms, some jumped right into campaign mode.

Out of sight, out of mind? Not this August

By Valerie Yurk and Nina Heller
Posted July 27, 2026 at 5:00am
Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., seen in the House chamber in January 2025, chairs the House Administration Committee.

Congressional stock-trading bill passes the House

By Nina Heller
Posted July 22, 2026 at 5:29pm, Updated at 6:10pm
Anthea M. Hartig, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, prepares to testify during Wednesday’s House Administration Committee hearing, marking her second Hill appearance this week.

Fight at the museum 

By Nina Heller
Posted July 22, 2026 at 1:38pm
Anthea Hartig, director of the National Museum of American History, is sworn in for a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee hearing Tuesday.

Republicans in Congress probe history museum, echoing Trump

By Nina Heller
Posted July 21, 2026 at 3:57pm
From left, Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Pramila Jayapal, Seth Magaziner, and Tim Burchett talk to reporters about their bipartisan ideas for banning stock trading in November.

Dashed dreams for consensus group ahead of stock-trading vote 

By Nina Heller
Posted July 21, 2026 at 10:22am
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 8. The House is getting ready to consider a bill that would stop members of Congress from buying new stocks.

How curbing Congress’ stock-trading took a partisan turn

By Nina Heller
Posted July 16, 2026 at 2:15pm
Jay Clayton, nominee to be director of national intelligence, testifies during his Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

Clayton defends subpoenas of journalists in tense confirmation hearing 

By Nina Heller
Posted July 15, 2026 at 12:52pm
An incident at the Capitol’s North Barricade rattled the congressional community Monday. Above, police tape is seen near the Capitol in 2021.

Man arrested at Capitol barricade had a gun in his lap, police say

By Nina Heller
Posted July 13, 2026 at 4:55pm
The Smithsonian Castle is seen on the National Mall in 2015. During the current Trump administration, both Democrats and Republicans in Congress are watching a cultural battle play out over the Smithsonian.

As Trump threatens the Smithsonian, Congress is on the sidelines

By Nina Heller
Posted July 9, 2026 at 4:49pm
The Capitol Dome is seen through a window in the Cannon House Office Building rotunda in May. After allegations of sexual misconduct gripped the Hill this spring, a staff group surveyed its members to see what changes they wanted to see.

Progressive staff group urges sexual misconduct overhaul

By Nina Heller
Posted July 7, 2026 at 5:00am
Rep. Brendan Boyle, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, is seen at a hearing last May. This week he’s headed to an event he said was years in the making — a congressional trip to Independence Hall.

America’s July 2 birthday, Philadelphia style  

By Nina Heller
Posted July 2, 2026 at 5:00am
Rep. Thomas Massie led a resolution that aims to shed light on what he and others have dubbed the misconduct “slush fund.”

House votes to release sexual misconduct settlement data 

By Nina Heller
Posted June 30, 2026 at 6:41pm
Rep. Tom Kean, R-N.J., returns to the Capitol on Tuesday with his wife, Rhonda, after nearly four months away from Washington.

Tom Kean returns to DC after months away and 140 missed votes

By Nina Heller
Posted June 30, 2026 at 11:38am
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., is seen at the Capitol on June 18. On Monday he released a letter from the Senate Ethics Committee closing a recent probe.

Complaint against Ruben Gallego dismissed by Senate Ethics

By Nina Heller
Posted June 29, 2026 at 2:04pm
Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., speaks during a House Freedom Caucus news conference in the Capitol on Thursday urging the Senate to act on the voter ID bill known as the SAVE America Act.

‘The Senate sucks’: Chambers clash over voter ID bill inaction

By Nina Heller and Savannah Behrmann
Posted June 25, 2026 at 1:53pm
The logo of the prediction market online platform Polymarket is seen outside their new location called "The Situation Room" during its opening day in Washington on March 20, 2026. (Théo Marie-Courtois/AFP via Getty Images)

House panel advances partial prediction market ban

By Nina Heller
Posted June 24, 2026 at 6:21pm
From left, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Architect of the Capitol Thomas E. Austin, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Alex Padilla, D-Calif., unveil the Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule during a ceremony in Emancipation Hall on Wednesday. The capsule will be sealed for 250 years until July 4, 2276.

‘They’ll know something about who we were’

By Nina Heller
Posted June 24, 2026 at 5:52pm
Then-staffer John Leganski points past his boss, Kevin McCarthy, during a speaker vote on Jan. 6, 2023. His bright orange tie briefly became a meme as the nation watched historic scenes of uncertainty play out on the House floor that week.

A staffer’s guide to winning and losing the speakership 

By Nina Heller
Posted June 22, 2026 at 10:00am
President Donald Trump speaks during a Small Business Summit in the East Room of the White House in May 4.

Trump upends Senate path on surveillance authority

By Savannah Behrmann, Nina Heller and Valerie Yurk
Posted June 17, 2026 at 8:36am, Updated at 1:47pm
D.C. Councilmember Robert White, here at a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol in November, is the Democratic nominee for District delegate. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Robert White wins Democratic primary for DC delegate 

By Nina Heller
Posted June 17, 2026 at 1:00am
Staffers for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., move Marty the Moose and Kodak the Bear into the lobby of her Hart Building office on Tuesday.

As senators depart, will their traditions endure? 

By Nina Heller
Posted June 11, 2026 at 5:06pm
Architect of the Capitol Thomas Austin is seen outside the Capitol in 2024.

They want to rebuild Rayburn. First, they have to build enough support

By Nina Heller
Posted June 10, 2026 at 3:12pm
Regina Wallace-Jones, CEO of ActBlue, appears at the House Administration Committee hearing Wednesday.

ActBlue CEO invokes Fifth Amendment to lawmakers 

By Nina Heller
Posted June 10, 2026 at 12:48pm
Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club in March. The House on Monday passed his bill that would change how the librarian of Congress is appointed.

House votes to take over librarian of Congress appointment power 

By Nina Heller
Posted June 8, 2026 at 4:32pm
Sen. Bob Packwood, R-Ore., holds a press conference in September 1995 after the Ethics Committee voted to recommend his expulsion. (Laura Patterson/CQ Roll Call archives)

Packwood, former senator who resigned amid sex scandal, dead at 93

By Nina Heller and Jacob Fulton
Posted June 8, 2026 at 11:33am
Landscapers plant bushes along the east side of the Cannon House Office Building on June 1. The renovation of that building is nearing completion, but the Rayburn Building is likely next in line.

‘Tough lessons’: House braces for Rayburn renovation

By Nina Heller
Posted June 3, 2026 at 3:36pm
Rep. Thomas H. Kean Jr., R-N.Y., arrives for the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday, March 4.

He hasn’t been seen in months. The Congressional Record disagrees

By Nina Heller
Posted June 2, 2026 at 5:00pm, Updated June 3, 2026 at 4:06pm
House Republicans had hoped to pass a bill Thursday that would allow construction of a Smithsonian museum of women’s history on the National Mall, while also banning transgender exhibits and handing President Donald Trump the final say over its location. But in the end they couldn’t get the votes.

Women’s museum bill defeated in House 

By Nina Heller
Posted May 21, 2026 at 6:19pm, Updated at 7:23pm
A worker takes a break on scaffolding outside the Russell Senate Office Building on April 20. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Appropriators approve Legislative Branch spending bill with GAO cuts

By Nina Heller
Posted May 21, 2026 at 6:36am
A range of lawmakers are moving to change their internal office policies to limit what staffers can do on platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket.

Will the House ban staff from prediction markets? These members aren’t waiting

By Nina Heller
Posted May 20, 2026 at 5:48pm
Capitol Police are seen on Constitution Avenue on May 16. Changing the current retirement waiver age could solve some — but not all — of the force’s staffing challenges, according to the police union.

Another bill upping Capitol Police retirement age passes the House

By Nina Heller
Posted May 19, 2026 at 3:58pm
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, D-N.M., seen here in February, chairs the Democratic Women’s Caucus.

Democratic and GOP women announce ‘partnership’ to address sexual misconduct 

By Nina Heller
Posted May 13, 2026 at 7:40pm
A tourist stands in the Capitol Rotunda in February 2025. According to last month’s Gallup poll, just 10 percent of the public approves of the way Congress is handling its job. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress has an approval problem. Does it matter?

By Nina Heller
Posted May 13, 2026 at 11:00am
Architect of the Capitol Thomas Austin testifies during a Senate Appropriations Legislative Branch Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.

Senators balk at Architect of the Capitol boost

By Nina Heller
Posted May 12, 2026 at 6:20pm
Rep. Emily Randall, seen here during freshman orientation in 2024, says she wants her office on the Hill to feel “welcoming” and “true.”

Elk horns and purple walls: Step into Emily Randall’s office

By Nina Heller
Posted May 12, 2026 at 12:35pm
Rep. Ashley Hinson, seen here in April, is leading a push to change House rules to block members from trading on prediction markets.

Senators banned themselves from prediction markets. Will the House?

By Nina Heller
Posted May 7, 2026 at 3:09pm
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, led a resolution this week to change Senate rules to ban members from trading on platforms like Polymarket, Kalshi and beyond.

Senate bans prediction market trading by members, staff

By Nina Heller and Savannah Behrmann
Posted April 30, 2026 at 4:32pm
Things need to change after recent sexual misconduct allegations roiled the Hill, some say — and that includes the culture. Above, staff and security prepare for a news conference at the Capitol in 2023.

Report sexual misconduct? It’s not that simple, staffers say

By Nina Heller and Valerie Yurk
Posted April 28, 2026 at 5:58pm
Zach Florman, communications director for Rep. Laura Friedman, D-Calif., is photographed outside of Longworth building on Thursday, April 23, 2026. Florman displays the screen of a bot he built to track House floor action in real-time.

Congress has been slow on AI. This staffer tried his own thing

By Nina Heller
Posted April 28, 2026 at 4:44pm
Capitol Police are seen outside the Capitol Hill Club during a meeting among House Republicans in February. A bill passed by the House this week would allow the Capitol Police Board to set a higher age for retirement waivers.

One idea to retain Capitol Police officers? Up the retirement age

By Nina Heller
Posted April 27, 2026 at 6:04pm
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., leaves the Capitol after the last votes of the week on March 27.

Cherfilus-McCormick resigns minutes before sanctions hearing

By Nina Heller and Valerie Yurk
Posted April 21, 2026 at 2:27pm, Updated at 3:28pm
Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday said he was “open” to tightening rules around sexual misconduct in Congress and would “lead that myself.”

Johnson willing to ‘lead’ push for sexual misconduct overhauls

By Valerie Yurk and Nina Heller
Posted April 21, 2026 at 2:04pm
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., attends her House Ethics adjudicatory subcommittee hearing on March 26. Now the panel will meet to decide what punishment to recommend.

Ethics in spotlight again ahead of Cherfilus-McCormick hearing 

By Nina Heller
Posted April 20, 2026 at 5:43pm
Republicans struggled with passing long-term extensions of FISA and the distraction of a Trump administration fight with the pope, but did swear in a new member. Rep. Clay Fuller, R-Ga., his wife Kate and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pose at his ceremonial swearing-in on Tuesday.

A week of lots of noise, few results in Congress

By Savannah Behrmann and Nina Heller
Posted April 17, 2026 at 4:37pm
Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., gavels to order the Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Legislative branch hearing sidesteps last year’s drama

By Nina Heller
Posted April 16, 2026 at 6:17am, Updated at 3:54pm
House Ethics Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., is seen during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on May 15, 2025.

‘We can’t wait forever’: Ethics Committee under scrutiny 

By Nina Heller
Posted April 15, 2026 at 3:46pm
Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., left, and now-Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., arrive to the U.S. Capitol before a House vote in 2021. In the aftermath of Swalwell's resignation, scrutiny has focused on Gallego, a close friend.

As Swalwell fallout continues, Gallego faces scrutiny for friendship

By Nina Heller
Posted April 15, 2026 at 11:15am
Former Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., talks with reporters in 2018. Speier, who retired after the 2022 elections, led the #MeTooCongress movement in 2017 and pushed for accountability for sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill.

In Congress, ‘see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil’

By Valerie Yurk and Nina Heller
Posted April 14, 2026 at 6:10pm
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., is seen outside the Capitol on March 5, 2026. Merkley has introduced measures aimed at restricting political prediction markets.

Betting against political prediction markets

By Nina Heller
Posted April 14, 2026 at 4:01pm
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., speaks during the House Democrats hearing marking the five-year anniversary of the attack on the Capitol, in the Capitol Visitor Center on Jan. 6, 2026.

Rep. Eric Swalwell resigns, denies sexual assault allegations

By Nina Heller and Valerie Yurk
Posted April 13, 2026 at 6:25pm
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., is seen in the U.S. Capitol on Friday, July 14, 2023.

Swalwell faces Ethics probe as members call for a House clean out 

By Nina Heller and Valerie Yurk
Posted April 13, 2026 at 2:53pm
Some had hoped for House vote on a stock trading bill in the first quarter of the year, but it didn’t happen before lawmakers left for spring recess.

Lawmakers said they wanted to rein in their own stock trading. What happened?

By Nina Heller
Posted March 31, 2026 at 5:04pm
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., arrives for her House Ethics Committee adjudicatory subcommittee hearing on Thursday. Her attorney, William Barzee, appears at right.

Cherfilus-McCormick violated ethics rules, subcommittee finds

By Nina Heller
Posted March 27, 2026 at 7:56am, Updated at 10:47am
Iranian Americans rally near the Capitol on March 7. As the war continues, congressional caseworkers say they’re still hearing from U.S. citizens trying to leave the Middle East.

Iran war puts further strain on congressional casework

By Nina Heller
Posted March 24, 2026 at 3:20pm
A Congressional Football Game trophy sits on the field in 2019, the last time the congressional team prevailed against the police squad. The game raises money for charity, including a memorial fund for Capitol Police officers.

One’s a Republican, one’s a Democrat. They captain the same team

By Nina Heller
Posted March 12, 2026 at 6:40pm
A plaque honoring law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is seen hanging inside the Capitol on Monday.

The Jan. 6 plaque now hangs in a quiet hallway. Some say it’s not enough.

By Nina Heller
Posted March 11, 2026 at 12:18pm
A reporter grabs a handful of candy from a pallet outside the office of then-Sen. Patrick J. Toomey, R-Pa., on Jan. 24, 2020. The candy was sent to resupply the candy desk on the Senate floor during the 2020 impeachment trial.

The Senate still wants candy

By Nina Heller and Savannah Behrmann
Posted March 10, 2026 at 7:34pm
From left, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Bud Denker, president of Penske Corp., check out a race car during an event to announce the Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington course on Monday.

Sidestepping Congress, IndyCar to race around National Mall 

By Nina Heller
Posted March 9, 2026 at 4:58pm
Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., listen to testimony during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Wednesday.

House squashes effort to force release of Ethics Committee files

By Nina Heller
Posted March 4, 2026 at 5:56pm
Patrick McHenry, seen here in December 2024, has left Congress but still wears his signature bow ties.

Life After Congress: A prediction market duo

By Nina Heller
Posted March 4, 2026 at 4:04pm
Rep. Tony Gonzales is seen in the Capitol on March 25, 2025.

House Ethics panel launches probe of Rep. Tony Gonzales

By Nina Heller
Posted March 4, 2026 at 3:55pm
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., speaks to reporters on Nov. 12, 2025.

House Ethics to investigate Mace on reimbursement practices

By Nina Heller
Posted March 2, 2026 at 5:28pm
An aide takes a photo outside the Capitol last fall. Seeing the bigger picture could help empower junior congressional staffers, according to transparency advocates.

Can knowledge be power? For salaries on the Hill, maybe 

By Nina Heller
Posted February 25, 2026 at 1:52pm
Hill staffers wait in line for their caffeine fix at Black Crown Collective in the Cannon House Office Building on Feb. 5.

It’s a specialty coffee shop. It’s also inside a House office building 

By Nina Heller
Posted February 25, 2026 at 1:00pm
The “clouds” half of the “Mountains and Clouds” sculpture is seen surrounded by scaffolding in the Hart Building in 2015, after Architect of the Capitol workers lowered it for structural analysis.

After years in limbo, these clouds could be making a comeback

By Nina Heller
Posted February 23, 2026 at 4:41pm
Haley Robson, who says she was assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein as a teenager, speaks at a Nov. 18 news conference at the Capitol. She is set to return to the Hill for Tuesday night’s State of the Union as a guest of Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna.

Silence for Democrats but a spotlight for Epstein survivors at State of the Union

By Valerie Yurk, Savannah Behrmann and Nina Heller
Posted February 20, 2026 at 2:29pm
The West Front of the Capitol, seen here in 2021, is the side of the building that faces the National Mall.

Armed man arrested after running toward Capitol, police say

By Nina Heller
Posted February 17, 2026 at 4:08pm, Updated at 6:01pm
An activist waves a “Don’t Tread On D.C.” flag outside Union Station in Washington on Sept. 2.

Senate votes to overturn DC tax decoupling, as locals push back

By Nina Heller
Posted February 12, 2026 at 2:40pm
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, talks with reporters in the Capitol on Jan. 7.

House passes revamped citizenship and voter ID bill

By Nina Heller
Posted February 11, 2026 at 7:20pm
A voter fills out a ballot in Virginia on Nov. 5, 2024.

Voter ID bill up next in the House, with Senate future uncertain

By Nina Heller
Posted February 10, 2026 at 6:40pm
Georgia Rep. Barry Loudermilk is not seeking reelection this year.

Georgia’s Barry Loudermilk is latest House Republican to retire

By Daniela Altimari and Nina Heller
Posted February 4, 2026 at 7:15pm
A Washington, D.C., flag in a Capitol Hill neighborhood last fall. Republicans in Congress are moving ahead with an effort to override D.C.’s tax code decoupling.

House advances measure to block DC tax code decoupling 

By Nina Heller
Posted February 4, 2026 at 5:06pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Rules and Administration Chair Mitch McConnell are facing pressure to advance a voter ID bill.

Top Republicans throw cold water on ‘nationalizing’ elections 

By Nina Heller
Posted February 3, 2026 at 5:06pm
Del. Kimberlyn King-Hinds leaves a House Republican’s caucus meeting in the Capitol on Jan. 14. “I came here with the assumption that people would be a lot more knowledgeable, given the fact that everybody’s talking about China and geopolitics,” she says as she reflects on her first year in Congress.

King-Hinds on long commutes and the ‘tyranny of distance’

By Nina Heller
Posted February 3, 2026 at 11:40am
Free DC activists attend a news conference with members of Congress in September. Now local activists are pushing Congress to let the D.C. Council’s tax decoupling stand.

Republicans look to rebuke DC Council with swing at local tax code

By Nina Heller
Posted February 2, 2026 at 3:36pm
Voters fill out their ballots in Vienna, Va., on Election Day in 2024.

House Republicans lean into voter ID debate

By Nina Heller
Posted January 29, 2026 at 6:31pm, Updated at 8:39pm
An officer is seen on Capitol grounds on Sunday. Recent events in Minnesota and beyond have reignited a debate over dangerous rhetoric, as Capitol Police report rising threat assessment cases.

As threats climb, political violence debate roils Congress again

By Nina Heller
Posted January 28, 2026 at 2:10pm
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, seen here in 2024, this week announced her retirement. The race to follow in her footsteps has been building for months.

Crowded race to succeed Norton includes two of her former staffers

By Nina Heller
Posted January 27, 2026 at 11:48am
Angie Katsanevas arrives to testify in front of the House Small Business Committee on Thursday.

‘You do french fries, I do franchise’: Angie K. has some fans in Congress

By Nina Heller
Posted January 22, 2026 at 5:56pm
Rep. Bob Latta hasn’t missed a House vote since 2020, even after a pickleball injury.

GOP attendance is a hot topic. Bob Latta is on a hot streak

By Nina Heller
Posted January 20, 2026 at 2:57pm
“I wouldn’t even call this a half measure; it’s a misdirection play,” says House Administration ranking member Joseph D. Morelle.

House panel advances plan to restrict lawmaker stock trading

By Nina Heller
Posted January 14, 2026 at 3:44pm
“This bill is a hell of a lot better than doing nothing,” says New York Democratic Rep. Josh Riley.

‘This is not a stock trading ban’: New bill puts Dems in a tough spot

By Nina Heller
Posted January 13, 2026 at 3:40pm
House Administration Chair Bryan Steil, R-Wis., will lead a markup this week of stock-trading legislation.

House panel will take up GOP bill to curb members’ stock trading

By Nina Heller
Posted January 12, 2026 at 12:45pm, Updated at 1:31pm
A replica of a plaque honoring law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 stands in the Rayburn Room of the Capitol on Dec. 23, 2025.

Overdue Jan. 6 plaque to get a temporary home

By Nina Heller
Posted January 8, 2026 at 5:08pm
Pamela Hemphill, a Jan. 6 rioter who refused President Trump’s pardon, testifies during a hearing held Tuesday by House Democrats.

How did Capitol Hill mark the fifth anniversary of Jan. 6?

By Nina Heller and Michael Macagnone
Posted January 6, 2026 at 5:24pm
A video of President Donald Trump plays during a hearing held by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on Oct. 13, 2022. Members of the now-defunct panel say they see ongoing threats and reminders, five years after the Capitol breach.

After blaming Trump for Jan. 6, they’re still in the ‘fight of our lives’

By Nina Heller
Posted January 5, 2026 at 11:46am
Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., at front, talks to reporters outside a House Administration Committee hearing on congressional stock trading on Nov. 19, joined by Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Tim Burchett, R-Tenn. They were all part of a working group that unveiled a bipartisan stock-trading ban earlier this year.

Cracks emerge as members of Congress try to curb their own stock trading

By Nina Heller
Posted December 18, 2025 at 5:10pm
Freshman members of the 119th Congress pose for a class photo on the House steps last November. Now that they’ve seen the workings of the Capitol, what do they think?

One year in, what do these newcomers think of Congress?

By Nina Heller
Posted December 15, 2025 at 3:38pm
Getting lost in the Capitol complex is almost a rite of passage for newcomers. Above, an empty hallway is pictured in the Cannon House Office Building in 2020.

The Capitol is hard to navigate. Does it have to be?

By Nina Heller
Posted December 10, 2025 at 4:32pm
Gene Simmons is seen in the Senate subway on Tuesday. He appeared at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing with the aim of drumming up support for radio royalties.

‘Let’s rock’: Gene Simmons urges Congress to OK radio royalties 

By Nina Heller
Posted December 9, 2025 at 6:04pm
Books by Andrew Lawler, Zaakir Tameez, Thomas Pynchon, Walter Isaacson, Beth Macy and Ruth Bloch Rubin made our annual list of recommendations from Capitol Hill denizens.

Hill insiders share favorite books of 2025

By Nina Heller
Posted December 8, 2025 at 2:55pm
A Capitol Police officer is seen earlier this year outside the Capitol. As Congress enters its final stretch of the year and members look ahead to the winter holidays, they say the risks of serving still weigh on them despite several recent steps from congressional leaders to address safety fears.

December brings reelection reflection — and safety fears

By Nina Heller
Posted December 3, 2025 at 5:53pm
Fred Johnson carefully lifts the dome during construction of the Capitol gingerbread house on Nov. 20, joined by, from left, chefs Kashif Browne, Jess Kremer and John Selick.

This Capitol looks good enough to eat (but you shouldn’t)

By Nina Heller
Posted December 1, 2025 at 4:35pm
Reps. Donald S. Beyer Jr. and Don Bacon, seen here in May, this week proposed a rules change aimed at ending the House’s recent censure spree.

Members search for end to House censure battle

By Nina Heller and Justin Papp
Posted November 21, 2025 at 4:52pm
Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García, seen here in July 2024, got a scolding from the House on Tuesday over how he announced his retirement.

House votes to disapprove of Chuy García’s retirement moves

By Nina Heller
Posted November 18, 2025 at 3:57pm
Haley Robson, who says she was assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein when she was 16, wipes away tears at a Tuesday news conference at the Capitol.

Epstein survivors call for ‘moral reckoning’ ahead of vote

By Nina Heller
Posted November 18, 2025 at 12:13pm
A chair with a “broken” sign sits in a hallway in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Oct. 30. As the federal government emerges from a shutdown, members of Congress have some thoughts on lessons learned.

After a shutdown, no ‘A’s for effort

By Nina Heller
Posted November 14, 2025 at 2:52pm
A plane passes by the Capitol dome in Washington as it comes in for a landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Nov. 7.

Planes, trains and motorcycles: How House members got back to DC

By Nina Heller
Posted November 12, 2025 at 4:43pm
Reps. Chrissy Houlahan, left, and Mikie Sherrill are among the female veterans who serve on the House Armed Services Committee. Their ranks will soon shrink as Sherrill assumes her new role of New Jersey governor next year.

For female veterans in Congress, it’s a small club 

By Nina Heller
Posted November 10, 2025 at 12:07pm
A tourist snaps a photo of the Capitol this summer. For House interns who arrived in the fall, it’s been a strange semester, to say the least.

They went to DC to intern on the Hill. Then came the shutdown

By Nina Heller and Justin Papp
Posted October 29, 2025 at 5:57pm