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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
For staffers on Capitol Hill, the usual post-election shuffle is in full swing. Meanwhile, the wider hiring landscape in official Washington is uncertain. Above, reporters and aides are seen at the Capitol in March.

Hanging over the usual post-election staff shuffle? Trump’s purge threat

Capitol Lens | Vise Squad

By Tom Williams
Posted October 30, 2024 at 3:57pm
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

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.

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.

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.

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
“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