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Chelsea Manning and other activists staged a protest on the Capitol campus Thursday calling for transgender rights. Above, Capitol Police lead away detained protesters outside the Cannon Building.

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Protesters urging Congress to ‘flush bathroom bigotry’ arrested after sit-in

WikiLeaks whistleblower joins other activists on the Hill

By Justin Papp
Posted December 5, 2024 at 3:24pm

Heard on the Hill

Capitol Lens | Feeling the Bern

By Chris Hale
Posted December 5, 2024 at 7:30am
Books by Gioia Diliberto, David Greenberg, Katherine Carter, Michael Tackett, Dmitri Alperovitch and James R. Jones top our annual list of recommendations from lawmakers and policy experts.

Heard on the Hill

Deck the Hill with books aplenty: Capitol insiders share their favorite reads of 2024

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 5, 2024 at 6:15am
Anna Eshoo spent three decades on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Above, she is seen chairing a Subcommittee on Health markup in 2019.

Heard on the Hill

Anna Eshoo looks back on 32 years in Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 2, 2024 at 5:24pm
Pablo José Hernández Rivera will become Puerto Rico’s resident commissioner in the upcoming Congress. Above, he speaks during a press conference introducing new members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus during freshman orientation in Washington on Nov. 15.

Meet the newest nonvoting members of the House 

By Jim Saksa
Posted November 22, 2024 at 3:30pm
A jet flies in front of the moon rising over the Capitol dome on Saturday night. The weekend’s full moon, also known as the Beaver Moon, was the final supermoon of the year. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending November 22, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted November 22, 2024 at 10:13am
New York Democratic Rep.-elect Laura Gillen reacts after drawing the best chip at the traditional office lottery during new member orientation on Thursday.

Cheers, jeers and long-walk fears: Lottery decides freshman office spots

By Jim Saksa
Posted November 21, 2024 at 1:10pm
Chelsea Manning and other activists staged a protest on the Capitol campus Thursday calling for transgender rights. Above, Capitol Police lead away detained protesters outside the Cannon Building.

Protesters urging Congress to ‘flush bathroom bigotry’ arrested after sit-in

Wade Ballou is retiring after more than 40 years at the House Office of the Legislative Counsel.

‘A different way of doing law’: For four decades, he drafted bills in the House

By Justin Papp
Posted November 21, 2024 at 6:30am
Jeff Crank speaks at an Oct. 11 rally for President-elect Donald Trump in Aurora, Colo. He once was a staffer for then-Rep. Joel Hefley and has been aligned with Americans for Prosperity.

Familiar faces: They’re new to Congress, but they’ve been here before

By Jackie Wang
Posted November 21, 2024 at 6:00am

Capitol Lens | Leave it to Beaver Moon

By Bill Clark
Posted November 18, 2024 at 2:32pm
Where did Hulk Hogan land on this year’s Rothenberg best and worst list? Read on: If you dare!

Rothenberg’s Best and Worst of 2024

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted November 18, 2024 at 12:24pm
Jayden Daniels of the Commanders drops back to pass during Thursday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Some hope the Washington football team could return to city limits, but before local leaders can make their pitch, they need Congress to act on a land lease.

Burgundy and hold: What’s next for the RFK stadium site bill?

By Jim Saksa
Posted November 18, 2024 at 11:37am
President-elect Donald Trump arrives at a House Republican Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. He speaks with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn.

Hotel MAGA-fornia: The sound and fury of Donald Trump in Washington — again

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 15, 2024 at 12:43pm
The freshman members of the 119th Congress pose for their class photo on the House steps on Friday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending November 15, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted November 15, 2024 at 11:51am

Capitol Lens | Canine corporal

By Tom Williams
Posted November 14, 2024 at 4:44pm
Rep. Nancy Mace, seen here in January, led a joint subcommittee hearing on Wednesday titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth.”

At packed UFO hearing, calls for transparency ring loud

By Justin Papp
Posted November 13, 2024 at 4:33pm
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's dog Splash was a regular on Capitol Hill.

A dog’s congressional life: Babydog to Dakota, Deco to Splash and more

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 13, 2024 at 11:24am, Updated at 1:56pm
Aquilino Gonell speaks at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 21. As a Capitol Police sergeant, he was injured during the attack of Jan. 6, 2021.

‘He betrayed us’: Officers who protected the Capitol grapple with Trump’s return

By Justin Papp
Posted November 6, 2024 at 5:15pm
Election Day is typically quiet on Capitol Hill, but neighbors and business owners describe an uneasy feeling as they look ahead.

Looking beyond Election Day, Capitol Hill is on edge

By Justin Papp
Posted November 5, 2024 at 12:11pm, Updated at 5:49pm

Capitol Lens | She’s having the best Election Day ever!

By Bill Clark
Posted November 4, 2024 at 5:07pm
Only a handful of people have served as a D.C. shadow senator so far, including civil rights activist Jesse Jackson in the early 1990s. This election will likely see a newcomer join the list. Above, tourists are seen amid shadows in the Capitol Rotunda earlier this year.

Casting a long shadow? DC’s shadow delegation enters a new era

By Jim Saksa
Posted November 4, 2024 at 3:54pm
The crowd waves signs before Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at a rally in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending November 1, 2024

By Tom Williams
Posted November 1, 2024 at 9:49am
Paul Winfree, president and CEO of the Economic Policy Innovation Center, has some thoughts about Washington’s think tank ecosystem. The onetime Senate Budget staffer and Trump White House official sees an opening for groups like his.

With an epic name, this conservative think tank sees opening 

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 31, 2024 at 6:00am
Some candidates cite their experience working on the Hill as fuel for long-shot congressional bids of their own. Above, a voting sign is seen in on East Capitol Street in Washington in 2022.

Why run a long-shot campaign? These candidates explain

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted October 30, 2024 at 4:06pm