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Election night watch parties are back this year in D.C., after the pandemic derailed most in 2020. Above, workers are seen in 2021 at Boundary Stone in the Bloomingdale neighborhood.

Heard on the Hill

Bars in DC brace for election night

Watch parties are back, and ‘you will feel it someway, somehow,’ one proprietor says

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 28, 2024 at 5:23pm

Passersby stop to take photos of a “memorial” to Jan. 6, 2021, on the National Mall. The temporary installation, which depicts an emoji-style poop on then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk, has a permit through Oct. 30.

Heard on the Hill

Scatological ‘memorial’ to Jan. 6 turns heads on the National Mall

By Justin Papp
Posted October 24, 2024 at 5:18pm
Actor Jeremy Strong poses for a photo as he arrives for the gala premiere of the movie "The Apprentice" at the Imperial in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Oct. 16. Strong portrays Roy Cohn, the former president's one-time lawyer.

Podcasts

But is it art? Unpacking ‘The Apprentice’

By Jason Dick and John T. Bennett
Posted October 24, 2024 at 5:40am
Rep. Mike Johnson is pictured on the House floor before his election as speaker on Oct. 25, 2023. House Republicans spent weeks searching for a new speaker that month, losing valuable legislating time.

Congress

Lawmaking lows? Congress heads into lame duck with slow pace

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 23, 2024 at 4:06pm

Capitol Lens | Lunar landing

By Bill Clark
Posted October 23, 2024 at 1:55pm
Former Montana Gov. Steve Bullock plays a president facing an insurrection in “War Game,” which documents a tense, unscripted tabletop exercise held last year.

In swing states and beyond, ‘War Game’ sounds a warning

By Jason Dick
Posted October 22, 2024 at 6:30am
A Halloween display featuring a dragon, Beetlejuice, a scarecrow and an inflatable Donald Trump stands in Griswold, Iowa, on Wednesday along with a campaign sign for Republican Rep. Zach Nunn. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending October 18, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 18, 2024 at 10:28am
Election night watch parties are back this year in D.C., after the pandemic derailed most in 2020. Above, workers are seen in 2021 at Boundary Stone in the Bloomingdale neighborhood.

Bars in DC brace for election night

“When I would come here and advocate, I felt empowered. As a patient, it felt like I was more in charge,” says Adam Jardine, who now works for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.

He found a purpose working on the Hill. Now he needs a kidney

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 15, 2024 at 3:29pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, left, appears with Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry in Mechanicsburg, Pa., on Friday to help with Perry’s tight House race.

Photos of the week ending October 11, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 11, 2024 at 5:47pm
The Jan. 6, 2021, attempted insurrection helped inspire the simulation role-playing exercise that is the subject of the documentary “War Game.”

‘War Game’: Rehearsing the uncomfortably plausible

By Jason Dick
Posted October 9, 2024 at 10:24am
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., holds her newborn baby on the House floor on Oct. 17, 2023. Luna is one of several lawmakers who have proposed a proxy voting option for new moms.

Congressional parents keep the spotlight on proxy voting

By Justin Papp
Posted October 8, 2024 at 3:58pm
Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., walks up the House steps on Sept. 25 for the final votes in the Capitol before Congress’ October recess. The former chair of the Modernization Committee is in his final months as a congressman, after deciding not to run for reelection.

Even as he heads out the door, Derek Kilmer is still trying to fix Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 3, 2024 at 6:15am

Capitol Lens | Calf time

By Bill Clark
Posted October 2, 2024 at 2:40pm
Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter arrive at the Capitol on Jan. 20, 2009, for President Barack Obama’s first inauguration.

Capitol Lens | A century of service: Jimmy Carter

By Chris Hale
Posted October 1, 2024 at 7:30am

Capitol Lens | Heavy medals

By Tom Williams
Posted September 30, 2024 at 3:25pm
Barriers to access remain at the Capitol for people with disabilities, but a new pair of drop-off zones will offer a safer place for passenger unloading, lawmakers and Architect of the Capitol staff said.

ADA drop-off zones set for completion this year at the Capitol

By Justin Papp
Posted September 27, 2024 at 3:09pm, Updated September 30, 2024 at 2:58pm
The statue of country music legend Johnny Cash is unveiled during a ceremony in Emancipation Hall on Tuesday. His daughter Rosanne Cash appears to the left of the statue, and Arkansas GOP Rep. Bruce Westerman is at right.

Photos of the week ending September 27, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted September 27, 2024 at 12:17pm
Sarah Geary, left, and Harley Adsit created the "Crime in Congress" podcast. So far they’ve released more than a dozen episodes on topics ranging from Watergate to the murder of Philip Barton Key II.

Only murders in the Capitol? True crime podcast explores seedier side of Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 26, 2024 at 6:30am
George S. Helmy embraces Cory Booker, his onetime boss, on Sept. 9. Now they are serving together in the Senate for a few months.

George Helmy worked for senators. Now he is one (for a little while)

By Jackie Wang
Posted September 26, 2024 at 6:15am
After online backlash, the owners of U Street bar Political Pattie’s have made a few changes to the exterior. But they want people to “learn what we were about on the inside,” they said.

The elephant and donkey are gone. What’s next for Political Pattie’s?

By Justin Papp
Posted September 25, 2024 at 2:50pm
A statue of country music legend Johnny Cash is unveiled during a ceremony in Emancipation Hall on Tuesday.

‘Hello, I’m Johnny Cash’: Statue of the ‘Man in Black’ unveiled at the Capitol

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 24, 2024 at 2:57pm
From left, former Rep. Earl Pomeroy points as Ben Rich, chief of staff for the late Rep. Bill Pascrell’s office, hands over the Pease Cactus to Rep. Jimmy Panetta in Panetta’s office in the Cannon House Office Building on Sept. 18. House Ways and Means Committee members whose first or last names start with “P” have passed along guardianship of the cactus for more than 30 years.

‘The cactus endures’ — a Ways and Means tradition’s moment in the sun

By Jason Dick
Posted September 24, 2024 at 6:15am
Voters at the Prince William County Office of Elections in Manassas, Va., stand in line on Friday to cast their ballots on the first day of early voting in the state.

Capitol Lens | Early voting begins

By Bill Clark
Posted September 23, 2024 at 4:36pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., jokingly salutes an aide during a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Photos of the week ending September 20, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted September 20, 2024 at 6:54am