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Another new member of Congress was sworn in, budget hearings dominated the Hill and a big redistricting referendum vote passed in Virginia this week. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists.
A Capitol Police countersniper walks up the House steps to get in position on Thursday during a vote in the Capitol.
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick announced her resignation from Congress Tuesday, minutes before the House Ethics Committee was set to consider what punishment she should face for numerous ethics violations. With the Florida Democrat’s resignation, the Ethics Committee loses jurisdiction over her case and how she handled money flowing to her congressional campaign. “The Committee on Ethics […]
At the beginning of the Netflix limited series “Death by Lightning,” about the rise and fall of President James Garfield in 1880–81, his soon-to-be assassin tries to excuse his checkered past before the parole board of the infamous New York prison known as “The Tombs.” “Are we not a nation built wholly from rogues and […]
Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., reads a resignation letter from former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., during a House Ethics Committee hearing in the Longworth House Office Building on Tuesday regarding sanctions against the Florida Democrat for ethics violations. Read the related story.
Virginia’s map referendum, Days of Remembrance ceremony, Melania Trump and a Nick Offerman appearance highlighted the week in Congress. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists.
The only sure things in life for Americans are death and taxes. And since the World War III can was kicked past April 15, Americans of a certain age are forced to reckon with at least one of life’s inevitables this month. If you’re a President Donald Trump voter, you may be wondering why your […]
The rise of political prediction markets and several well-timed trades have spurred lawmakers to introduce multiple bills aimed at stopping or regulating insider trading in prediction markets. But lawmakers are far from agreeing on how far to extend such bans. “Members of Congress should be prohibited from participating in prediction markets related to political events, […]
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, poses with Rep. Clay Fuller and his family in the Capitol on Tuesday during the Georgia Republican’s ceremonial swearing in. Fuller won the special election to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on April 7.
As Congress’ spring recess draws to a close, Roll Call’s photojournalists show some of what went on in the Washington area while lawmakers were out of town.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump conduct the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn on Monday.
From a new senator to blooming cherry blossoms, there was a lot happening on and around Capitol Hill this week ahead of the long spring recess. Here are some of he top images of the past week from Roll Call’s photojournalists.
Democratic lawmakers gathered on the Upper West Terrace of the Capitol, overlooking the National Mall, to honor officers who defended Congress during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack with a commemorative plaque. But two things were missing — Republicans and the plaque itself. The plaque is instead installed on a stone wall in a cellar-like entrance […]
Students studying abroad. Tourists on vacation. A couple on a honeymoon. Layovers, business trips, cruise ships. As the war in Iran continues, congressional caseworkers are trying to help — and feeling extra strain — as Americans evacuate from the Middle East. “You think about these people and what they’re going through even after work hours, […]
Robert Mueller, a Marine veteran and former director of the FBI, who, as a special counsel, led an investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, died on March 20 at the age of 81. Mueller was nominated by President George W. Bush and became the sixth FBI director on Sept. 4, 2001, […]
Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez has successfully run for Congress 17 times. She now points her feet in a new direction: tackling the Camino de Santiago. Velázquez has already built up her stamina walking all over the Capitol complex, but she doesn’t take the journey lightly. “I will train,” she said of the future trip. “It’s […]
Spectators on North Capitol Street cheer for runners during the St. Jude Rock ‘n’ Roll half marathon on Saturday.
St. Patrick’s Day, a hearing on worldwide threats and a confirmation hearing for the nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security highlighted this week in the Capitol. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.
Chairman Rand Paul, left, appears on a monitor in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing room in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday as he listens to Sen. Markwayne Mullin, nominee to be Homeland Security secretary, during the Oklahoma Republican’s confirmation hearing.
Speaker Mike Johnson and reporters are reflected in a hallway mirror in the Capitol on Tuesday following a House Republican news conference.