East Wing demolition highlights loopholes in preservation law
The facade of the East Wing of the White House is demolished by work crews on Oct. 23.
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The facade of the East Wing of the White House is demolished by work crews on Oct. 23.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries arrives for a news conference on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Thursday.
The Social Security Administration headquarters in Woodlawn, Md., on March 20, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Late-Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, waged a battle for years to open the door to oil and gas drilling in the arctic refuge. He is seen in 2003 greeting the administrator of NASA, Sean O'Keefe, at a committee hearing on the space shuttle Columbia accident.
Tunisian farmers sort pomegranates at a farm in the town of Tebourba, about 30 kilometers west of Tunis, on Oct. 23, 2025.
President Donald Trump walks down the steps of Air Force One at West Palm Beach International Airport in Florida on Oct. 17. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The space shuttle Discovery, on the back of a NASA 747 transport jet, flies over the Capitol on its way to its permanent display at the Smithsonian Institution in 2012.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., talks with reporters in the Capitol on Oct. 8.
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, seen here in 2019 at the G-20 summit in Osaka, are likely to meet next week in South Korea.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., seen in the Capitol on Thursday, said he was hopeful a compromise plan could be reached by next week. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, left, and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham talk near the Senate subway in the Capitol on Thursday.
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a news conference Tuesday on the government shutdown in the Capitol. Also appearing are, from left, House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.
A trophy sits on the field during 2019’s Congressional Football Game. This year, the game has been rescheduled.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is pictured during a news conference on April 16. Oz has signaled that his agency had something in the works on Medicare pricing for popular GLP-1 medications used to treat obesity and diabetes, even though the list of 2027 Medicare price negotiations included those medications.
Sen. Ron Johnson, Mark Cuban, co-founder of Cost Plus Drugs, and Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Rick Scott talk on Wednesday.
Former New Hamsphire Sen. John E. Sununu is running for his state’s open Senate seat.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., walks from his office to the microphone to hold a news conference on the government shutdown in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025.
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., arrives for a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on Sept. 3.
Former New Hampshire Sen. John E. Sununu, here at a Maine political event in 2016, is seeking to return to the Senate. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images file photo)