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Capitol Ink | Under the rug

By R.J. Matson
Posted May 19, 2021 at 7:00am
Sen. Ted Cruz, here at the Capitol on April 28, has been among the most vocal mask-shedders in recent weeks.

People are returning to the Capitol, and not everyone’s wearing a mask

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 11, 2021 at 5:30am
Thousands of Trump supporters gather on the National Mall on Jan. 6 as Congress prepares to certify the Electoral College votes.

Capitol Police IG casts doubt on department’s Jan. 6 timeline

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 10, 2021 at 7:33pm
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy hopes that ousting Liz Cheney from party leadership will satisfy pro-Trump GOP voters and allow him to move on to attacking Democrats’ failings, Zeller writes.

McCarthy needs to rout Cheney to move past 2020

By Shawn Zeller
Posted May 10, 2021 at 7:00am
Earlier this month, Mitch McConnell warned corporations to “stay out of politics,” but his recent comments on taxes were surely music to business owners’ ears, Zeller writes.

The GOP’s fallout with big business is already mending

By Shawn Zeller
Posted April 19, 2021 at 6:55am
Army veteran Andrew Forte watches on a monitor the nearby ceremony in Pershing Park on Friday to open the National World War I Memorial. Frank Buckles, the last American WWI veteran to die, appears on the monitor.

More than a century later, WWI gets its memorial in Washington

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 16, 2021 at 2:00pm
UNITED STATES - APRIL 7: U.S. Capitol Police officers, including acting chief Yogananda Pittman (center) line 3rd St as law enforcement officers escort the body of fallen U.S. Capitol Police officer William ‘Billy’ Evans past the West Front of the Capitol to the funeral home on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Officer Evans was killed during the attack at the Capitol on Friday. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Officer Evans procession

By Bill Clark
Posted April 7, 2021 at 1:55pm
Black bunting is displayed Monday at the entrance to the Capitol Police headquarters following the April 2 killing of Officer William “Billy” Evans in a violent incident at a security checkpoint on Capitol grounds.

Short-staffed and overworked: Capitol Police struggle after months of trauma

By Chris Marquette
Posted April 7, 2021 at 5:30am
National Guardsmen stand guard on Constitution Avenue NW, after a man was shot during a confrontation with Capitol Police at the north barricade entrance to the Capitol on Friday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House chaplain prays for Capitol Police and suspect

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted April 5, 2021 at 3:45pm
Cardboard cutouts of social media executives dressed as Jan. 6 rioters stand Thursday on the National Mall ahead of a House hearing on disinformation on social media. The group SumofUs placed the cutouts to protest the role of social media platforms in the insurrection.

Section 230 changes will be elusive despite pressure on tech CEOs

By Dean DeChiaro
Posted March 25, 2021 at 4:09pm