More former members of Congress win election for lower office this year
From left, former Reps. Kai Kahele of Hawaii and Jerry McNerney and Laura Richardson of California were elected to state office this year.
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From left, former Reps. Kai Kahele of Hawaii and Jerry McNerney and Laura Richardson of California were elected to state office this year.
Shou Zi Chew, CEO of TikTok, leaves a meeting in Sen. John Fetterman’s office in March, one month before Congress enacted the sale or ban.
Paris Hilton rides her motorized suitcase across the Capitol’s East Front plaza on Tuesday. The entrepreneur and activist earlier lobbied lawmakers to pass legislation known as the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act. The bipartisan bill cleared the House on Wednesday and is on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk.
Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., led a reinvestigation of the Capitol attack as chair of the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee. Above, he talks to reporters at the Capitol on Dec. 10.
Rep. Brian Babin supports Americans’ returning to the moon because the country will benefit "geopolitically, scientifically, economically and from a national security perspective."
Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., leaves a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus about the candidacy of President Joe Biden at the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.
Robert Kennedy, Jr., nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, arrives for his meeting with Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., in the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024.
With the presidential primaries in full swing by February, Matson had fun skewering Republican priorities.
Children sled on the West Front of the Capitol on Jan. 16 after 3-4 inches of snow fell across the Washington metro area.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives for a meeting with Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., on Monday.
Rep. Jim Leach, R-Iowa, poses in front of Grant Wood's "American Gothic" at the Renwick Museum in Washington in 2006. Wood painted much in Leach's district. Leach, who died Dec. 11, went on to head the National Endowment for the Humanities after leaving Congress.
President-elect Donald Trump arrives Monday for a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, alongside SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son.
A man dressed as Santa Claus rides his Onewheel skateboard at the base of the Washington Monument on Saturday.
Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., stepped down as Freedom Caucus chair in September after losing his primary in Virginia’s 5th District. "We’re pulling the conference to the right, no question," he says.
Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member John Boozman, R-Ark., is among he key players in year-end talks.
Birds fly across the White House grounds on Dec. 10. Tipsters have reported drone sightings over New Jersey and other states recently. (Tom Brenner/Getty Images)
Sen. Joe Manchin III, I-W.Va., left, who retired this year, and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., who lost reelection, have been among the senators offering farewell remarks in recent weeks.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew prepares to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
What might the Capitol campus look like with a bigger Congress? An elevated walkway is one vision for that hypothetical future, according to a report published by Protect Democracy and POPVOX.
An eagle emblem sits atop a flag pole in a Dirksen Senate Office Building hallway as workers renovate a nearby room. The bald eagle has held symbolic significance for centuries.