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An Architect of the Capitol worker spreads de-icer around the Capitol Reflecting Pool earlier this week, in advance of next week’s Inauguration ceremony at the Capitol.

Trump inauguration moves indoors as arctic chill bears down on DC

By Justin Papp
Posted January 17, 2025 at 12:48pm, Updated at 5:35pm
Pete Hegseth, left, Trump's pick for secretary of Defense, and former Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., prepare to leave the hearing room after the Senate Armed Services Committee's confirmation hearing on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending January 17, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted January 17, 2025 at 9:22am
Progressive staffers sent a letter Thursday proposing a 32-hour week for Hill staff during district work periods, and the same for district staff when members are in Washington.

A 32-hour week? It could work for Congress, staff say

By Jim Saksa
Posted January 16, 2025 at 10:43am
Marlin Stutzman is pictured in the Capitol on Tuesday. The Indiana Republican is once again a congressman.

How to feel reenergized in Congress? Come back after eight years

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 15, 2025 at 3:36pm
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks at the Democratic National Convention in August. Looking back on her first term in Congress, Crockett describes her approach as “authentic,” rather than “proper or polite.”

Jasmine Crockett went viral as a freshman. Now she’s gearing up for the Trump era

By Justin Papp
Posted January 13, 2025 at 5:09pm

Capitol Lens | Prep rally

By Bill Clark
Posted January 13, 2025 at 3:41pm
A man holds a Carter-Mondale campaign sign outside the Capitol on Tuesday night as people arrive for the general public viewing of former President Jimmy Carter, lying in state in the Rotunda.

Welcome back, and farewell, Carter — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted January 10, 2025 at 4:29pm
Carter family members touch the casket as they pay their respects during former President Jimmy Carter’s lying in state ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending January 10, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted January 10, 2025 at 9:58am
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter is carried down the steps of the Capitol on Thursday, ahead of a funeral service at Washington National Cathedral.

Jimmy Carter’s funeral: Fanfare for the common man with an extraordinary life

By Jim Saksa
Posted January 9, 2025 at 12:57pm, Updated at 1:15pm
Visitors attend the public viewing of former President Jimmy Carter in the Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Capitol Police said they arrested a man trying to enter the Capitol Visitor Center with a machete.

Capitol Police arrest man with machete and knives

By Justin Papp
Posted January 8, 2025 at 4:26pm, Updated January 9, 2025 at 11:01am
A Capitol Police vehicle drives past a security fence on Jan. 6. The department faces a sexual discrimination suit that now has a trial date.

Capitol Police discrimination suit could go to trial later this year

By Justin Papp
Posted January 8, 2025 at 6:32pm

Capitol Lens | Leaders’ digest

By Bill Clark
Posted January 7, 2025 at 4:48pm
Police officers walk through the snow outside the Capitol on Jan. 6. Security was heightened ahead of the counting of electoral votes by a joint session of Congress.

Police, snow descend on eerily quiet Capitol Hill for Jan. 6 electoral count

By Justin Papp
Posted January 6, 2025 at 3:37pm, Updated at 9:27pm
MPD Officer Daniel Hodges, pictured here in 2021, said he hopes he can “make it more difficult for the GOP to ignore the police who protected them” during the Capitol attack in 2021.

‘The truth still matters’: Why Jan. 6 officer watched Congress certify Trump’s win

By Justin Papp
Posted January 6, 2025 at 9:05am, Updated at 3:15pm
Rep.-elect Gil Cisneros, D-Calif., is seen outside a hotel in Washington on Nov. 12. He was attending new member orientation, but he is not exactly “new,” having served in the House before.

These ‘new’ members are boomeranging back to Congress 

By Justin Papp
Posted January 3, 2025 at 5:30am
Rioters occupy the West Front of the Capitol and the inauguration stands on Jan. 6, 2021. A plaque honoring police was supposed to be installed on this side of the building by March 2023.

‘At this point, I have no hope’: Injured officers, Democrats still waiting for Jan. 6 plaque

By Justin Papp
Posted January 2, 2025 at 3:26pm
Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, D-N.H., is leaving the House but said she will keep up her efforts to elect new Democrats, particularly women. “Our party needs to reflect on how it felt to an entire generation of younger people that … the face of our party has been octogenarians,” she says.

Annie Kuster wants to lead by example. That’s why she’s retiring from Congress

By Justin Papp
Posted December 23, 2024 at 8:49am
The specter of a government shutdown harshes everyone’s holiday buzz in this week’s Congressional Hits and Misses.

Shutdown and out — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted December 20, 2024 at 4:18pm
Sen. Debbie Stabenow looks back on her time on Capitol Hill, from her early years in the House to holding the No. 3 spot in Democratic Senate leadership.

Why retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow still believes in the ‘win-win’

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 20, 2024 at 3:14pm
Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna speaks to reporters in the Capitol on Friday as she leaves a House Republican Conference meeting about averting a government shutdown before the holiday break.

Photos of the week ending December 20, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 20, 2024 at 3:09pm