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Children sled on the West Front of the Capitol on Jan. 16 after 3-4 inches of snow fell across the Washington metro area.

The best photos of the year, Part 1

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 17, 2024 at 6:00am

Capitol Lens | Holiday grind

By Bill Clark
Posted December 16, 2024 at 12:21pm
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.

A bigger House? First of all, where would everyone sit? 

By Justin Papp
Posted December 16, 2024 at 10:06am
Former Democratic Rep. Andy Kim of New Jersey takes in John Trumbull’s “Declaration of Independence” painting in the Capitol Rotunda before his swearing-in to the Senate on Monday.

Photos of the week ending December 13, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 13, 2024 at 11:05am

Capitol Lens | Statue debut

By Bill Clark
Posted December 11, 2024 at 5:56pm
Rep. Tony Cárdenas, now in his final weeks in the House, ran the Congressional Hispanic Caucus BOLD PAC for several years.

Rep. Tony Cárdenas on his legacy and Latinos’ electoral shift

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 11, 2024 at 4:36pm
“I honestly feel that people should come and serve and not spend the rest of their entire career in Congress,” says Rep. Larry Bucshon, seen here in the Capitol in October 2023.

After 14 years in the House, Rep. Bucshon moves on

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 10, 2024 at 6:14am
Before he worked on Capitol Hill, David Dorfman had a career in movies and TV.

How a ‘horror movie kid’ went from Hollywood to working in Congress

By Justin Papp
Posted December 9, 2024 at 4:34pm
Elon Musk carries his son on his shoulders as he arrives for a meeting in the Capitol Visitor Center with House and Senate Republicans to talk about President-elect Donald Trump's “Department of Government Efficiency” on Thursday. Vivek Ramaswamy also attended. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending December 6, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 6, 2024 at 3:40pm
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

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

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.

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.

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
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