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Sen. Ted Cruz took off to warmer climes when things got rough in Texas this week.

Ted Cruz ignored ‘federal quarterback’ role when he zipped off to Cancun

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 18, 2021 at 8:00pm
Chairman Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., arrives for a House Ways and Means Committee markup on Feb. 10. He’s not particular about the form his “chair” title takes.

Chair, chairman or chairwoman? ‘Whatever,’ some lawmakers say

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 17, 2021 at 6:30am
UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 16: The fence with razor wire surrounds the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 16, 2021. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Don’t fence me in

By Bill Clark
Posted February 16, 2021 at 3:18pm

Capitol Lens | Hear, here

A Capitol worker spreads deicing salt on the Senate steps during the impeachment trial in the Senate as sleet and freezing rain fall in Washington on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021.

Photos of the day: As D.C. freezes, impeachment comes to a close

By Caroline Brehman and Bill Clark
Posted February 13, 2021 at 12:45pm
UNITED STATES - February 9: Lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., walks through the Ohio Clock Corridor at the end of the first day of former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Trump is charged with “incitement of insurrection” after his supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to overturn November’s election result. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Another impeachment trial and lots of sleepy lawmakers: Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted February 12, 2021 at 5:12pm
UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 8: Lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., right, leads the impeachment managers through the Capitol Rotunda during their walkthrough on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in advance of the start of the impeachment trial in the Senate tomorrow. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week: Second annual impeachment edition

By Bill Clark, Caroline Brehman and Tom Williams
Posted February 12, 2021 at 1:36pm
House manager Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., arrives at the Capitol before the start of day three of the impeachment trial in the Senate on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: BYOC

By Bill Clark
Posted February 11, 2021 at 3:09pm
The attack on the Capitol and democracy stretched the limits of imagination, according to “The Circus” co-hosts John Heilemann and Jennifer Palmieri.

We may not be through ‘the worst of this,’ say John Heilemann and Jennifer Palmieri

By Jason Dick and Evan Campbell
Posted February 11, 2021 at 6:00am
A pro-conviction banner hangs over a bridge on North Capitol Street in Washington on Wednesday, the second day of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.

Photos of the day: Impeachment signs

By Caroline Brehman
Posted February 10, 2021 at 3:34pm
Freshman members of the House Republican Conference pose at the Capitol on Jan. 4, along with the minority leader. It’s been a strange few weeks for new lawmakers in Congress, to say the least.

Loneliest class in Congress wonders how to make friends

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 10, 2021 at 6:00am
UNITED STATES - February 9: A woman wheels a cart full of snacks through the Senate subway on the first day of former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Trump is charged with “incitement of insurrection” after his supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to overturn November’s election result. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Something to snack on

By Caroline Brehman
Posted February 9, 2021 at 3:37pm
UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 8: Pictures of President Joe Biden, right, former Attorney General Eric Holder, center, and former President Barack Obama, are set out for the taking on 4th Street SE, on Monday, February 8, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Take my pictures

By Tom Williams
Posted February 8, 2021 at 3:10pm
Sydney Register, left, and Pablo Feliciano construct a snow man at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial as snow continues to fall in Washington on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021.

Groundhog week, cellphones and vote-a-rama — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted February 5, 2021 at 3:52pm
The urn containing the remains of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick is carried out of the Capitol after lying in honor in the Rotunda on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending Feb. 5, 2021

By Caroline Brehman, Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted February 5, 2021 at 1:47pm
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shared her own account of the Capitol sacking earlier in the week. On Thursday she talked about trauma again, this time with backup.

At AOC-organized floor session, Democrats share tears, fears from Capitol storming

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 4, 2021 at 9:10pm
UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 3: The urn containing the remains of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick are carried out of the Capitol after lying in honor in the Rotunda on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Sicknick died from injuries sustained on the January 6th attack on the Capitol. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Sicknick remembered

By Tom Williams
Posted February 3, 2021 at 3:50pm
UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 2: Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., speaks with a reporter in the Capitol after a vote as the Senate subway door closes on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, left, was also on the subway. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Do not hold subway doors

By Bill Clark
Posted February 3, 2021 at 9:53am
A damaged pane is seen at the top of the House steps of the Capitol on Jan. 27, weeks after a mob attack.

Choosing their scars: Lawmakers still a long way from deciding what to preserve from insurrection

By Chris Cioffi
Posted February 3, 2021 at 6:00am
The way filmmaker Errol Morris sees it, all narrators are unreliable and history is chaos. Above, Morris arrives for the premiere of his 2018 project “American Dharma.”

Conspiracy or chaos: Two ways of seeing history from Errol Morris

By Jason Dick
Posted February 1, 2021 at 1:35pm
UNITED STATES - January 31: People throw snowballs during a snowball fight, organized by the Washington DC Snowball Fight Association, on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the day: Winter came

By Caroline Brehman and Tom Williams
Posted February 1, 2021 at 9:58am