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Actress and activist Susan Sarandon addresses the media with Medea Benjamin of Code Pink, right, on Capitol Hill on Thursday.

Susan Sarandon joins protesters on Capitol Hill calling for Gaza cease-fire

By Justin Papp
Posted February 15, 2024 at 7:09pm

Capitol Lens | Board room

By Bill Clark
Posted February 14, 2024 at 3:27pm
Vice President Kamala Harris addresses an event with descendants of civil rights leaders and abolitionists at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Tuesday. Stephen Benjamin, director of the Office of Public Engagement, also appears.

‘Let’s keep this history alive’: Descendants of iconic Black leaders gather at White House

By Justin Papp
Posted February 13, 2024 at 10:26pm
Former House Clerk Cheryl Johnson, center, receives the Freedom Award on Tuesday. She is joined on stage by, from left, Rep. Troy Carter, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, former House Clerk Lorraine Miller, and Capitol Historical Society President Jane Campbell.

Cheryl Johnson, who made history as House clerk, gets another round of applause

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 13, 2024 at 8:11pm
Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md., speaks at a 2021 rally in support of his proposal to overhaul voting access and money in politics. He has been “toiling in those vineyards” for years, he says now.

Rep. John Sarbanes says he’s staying on the ‘democracy team’

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 13, 2024 at 6:15am

Capitol Lens | Honoring Abe

By Bill Clark
Posted February 12, 2024 at 3:07pm
Former Rep. Tom Suozzi, thr Democratic candidate for New York’s 3rd Congressional District, waves after a campaign rally in Port Washington, N.Y., on Saturday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending February 9, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted February 9, 2024 at 9:58am

Capitol Lens | Born to Dunn

By Tom Williams
Posted February 8, 2024 at 2:12pm

Capitol Lens | Coining a flip

By Bill Clark
Posted February 7, 2024 at 4:45pm

Capitol Lens | State of decal

By Tom Williams
Posted February 5, 2024 at 3:56pm
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, apologizes to families of children who were harmed via unsafe social media platforms during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday about big tech and online child sexual exploitation.

Photos of the week ending February 2, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted February 2, 2024 at 2:24pm

Capitol Lens | A pic and a prayer

By Tom Williams
Posted February 1, 2024 at 3:37pm
People arrive at Dulles International Airport on Aug. 27, 2021, after leaving Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban. A new report details how congressional offices handled constituent services during the crisis.

Afghanistan withdrawal caused ‘doom loop’ for caseworkers, report says

By Justin Papp
Posted February 1, 2024 at 12:28pm
Officers block people from entering the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. An effort to honor police for their actions that day has stalled.

‘People just don’t want to remember’: Congress blows past deadline for Jan. 6 plaque

By Megan Mineiro and Justin Papp
Posted January 31, 2024 at 1:43pm
“AI is new to many of us, making training a critical element for successful implementation,” says House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, seen here in November.

Lawmakers wrestle with congressional use of AI amid rising risk of deepfakes

By Justin Papp
Posted January 30, 2024 at 6:59pm

Capitol Lens | The former secretaries club

By Bill Clark
Posted January 30, 2024 at 5:45pm
The Capitol is seen behind two ambulances in 2018. Congress should update its continuity planning to account for a new era, some lawmakers say.

‘Delusions of immortality’: These lawmakers want Congress to get real about continuity

By Justin Papp
Posted January 30, 2024 at 5:00am

Capitol Lens | Skate of the Union

By Bill Clark
Posted January 29, 2024 at 4:06pm
The U.S. Capitol stands behind a frozen reflecting pool on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending January 26, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted January 26, 2024 at 9:34am
Sen. Jeff Merkley wrote a book with his longtime chief of staff about a shared obsession — how to end the filibuster as we know it.

Jeff Merkley and his former chief make their case against the filibuster

By Justin Papp
Posted January 25, 2024 at 6:30am