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Capitol Lens | Choral majority

By Bill Clark
Posted January 14, 2026 at 3:27pm, Updated January 16, 2026 at 11:06am

Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., cuts through a group of people standing outside the Senate Foreign Relations Committee room after a vote in the Senate chamber on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Heard on the Hill

Photos of the week | January 9-15, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted January 16, 2026 at 6:00am

Heard on the Hill

Capitol Lens | Danespotting

By Bill Clark
Posted January 15, 2026 at 2:55pm
“I wouldn’t even call this a half measure; it’s a misdirection play,” says House Administration ranking member Joseph D. Morelle.

Congress

House panel advances plan to restrict lawmaker stock trading

By Nina Heller
Posted January 14, 2026 at 3:44pm
Missouri teammates Sen. Eric Schmitt, left, and Rep. Wesley Bell serve beer during the Anheuser-Busch Brew Across America competition at Nationals Park on Tuesday night.

Schmitt, Bell bring home the cup in annual beer contest

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted January 14, 2026 at 11:05am

Honor guard

By Tom Williams
Posted January 12, 2026 at 2:55pm, Updated at 3:42pm
Washington Republican Rep. Michael Baumgartner hands off “The Chick” painting to Democratic Rep. Emily Randall on Friday.

Are you a freshman from Washington state? Congratulations on your new painting

By Jackie Wang
Posted January 9, 2026 at 5:03pm
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., cuts through a group of people standing outside the Senate Foreign Relations Committee room after a vote in the Senate chamber on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | January 9-15, 2026

The fireworks show begins at midnight with the Washington Monument illuminated as a birthday candle on New Year’s Eve. The four-sided projection light show on the Washington Monument, plus fireworks, kicked off the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026.

Photos of the week | January 1-8, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted January 9, 2026 at 12:41pm
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

Capitol Lens | Remembering the Giffords shooting

By Bill Clark and Chris Hale
Posted January 8, 2026 at 12:24pm

Capitol Lens | Winding up

By Bill Clark
Posted January 7, 2026 at 3:18pm
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

Capitol Lens | Back to storage

By Bill Clark
Posted January 6, 2026 at 4:07pm
House Republican Cloakroom Floor Director Ella Gunn, left, and House Democratic Cloakroom Manager Rosemary Keating, pictured here in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol, made history this year by becoming the first all-woman duo to lead their cloakrooms.

For the first time, both House cloakrooms are helmed by women

By Jackie Wang
Posted January 2, 2026 at 7:00am, Updated January 5, 2026 at 6:00pm

Capitol Lens | Ready for takeoff

By Bill Clark
Posted January 5, 2026 at 3:39pm
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
Texas Republican Rep. Troy Nehls sports a Donald Trump tie on the steps of the Capitol on June 27, 2024.

Twins in Congress: Nehls brothers and a potentially history-making transition

By Nick Eskow
Posted December 31, 2025 at 6:00am
The movies can be political, even when the topic isn’t politics.

Political Theater’s conversations with filmmakers and other people who dig movies

By Jason Dick
Posted December 29, 2025 at 9:35am
The Washington Monument is seen at sunset on Sunday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | December 12-18, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 19, 2025 at 9:24am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., enters the House chamber after his election to the speakership for the 119th Congress on Jan. 3. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Roll Call’s 2025 news photos of the year

By Bill Clark
Posted December 18, 2025 at 6:00am

Capitol Lens | Johns in bronze

By Tom Williams
Posted December 17, 2025 at 3:46pm
Rep. Jared Golden has a list of legislative goals he wants to check off before leaving Congress. Oh, and he’ll probably get some more tattoos.

They’re ready to leave Congress. But first, they have New Year’s plans

By Jackie Wang
Posted December 17, 2025 at 12:15pm
Members of Congress, family members and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin applaud during an unveiling ceremony for a statue of Barbara Rose Johns in Emancipation Hall on Tuesday.

She fought segregation in 1951. Now her statue stands in the Capitol

By Kristina Karisch
Posted December 16, 2025 at 5:24pm

Capitol Lens | Making Christmas music together

By Bill Clark
Posted December 16, 2025 at 7:30am