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A Rako Coffee Roasters table is seen in the Cannon Building on Friday.

A new coffee shop opened in the House. Staffers promptly drank all the coffee

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 20, 2021 at 7:33pm, Updated September 21, 2021 at 5:35pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., plants one of 660,000 flags at the In America: Remember public art installation on the National Mall to commemorate the Americans who have died due to COVID-19.

Photo of the day: A COVID-19 memorial

By Tom Williams
Posted September 21, 2021 at 4:42pm
Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., sits on the House steps at the Capitol on July 30.

Take Five: Andrew Garbarino

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 21, 2021 at 6:00am

Capitol Lens | Freedom under wraps

Former Trump campaign employee Matt Braynard, organizer of the “Justice for J6” rally, speaks to the crowd Saturday outside the Capitol.

Photos of the day: ‘Justice for J6’ rally

By Bill Clark
Posted September 18, 2021 at 1:24pm
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 16: The newly erected temporary security fence stands on the East Front of the Capitol on Thursday morning, Sept. 16, 2021, as security officials prepare for the Sept. 18th demonstration by supporters of the people arrested in the January 6 riot. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending Sept. 17, 2021

By Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted September 17, 2021 at 9:42am
Commitment to America

Take Five: Mike Garcia

By Paul V. Fontelo
Posted September 17, 2021 at 6:31am
Volunteers plant white flags on the National Mall on Wednesday for the "In America: Remember" public art installation commemorating all Americans who have died from COVID-19.

660,000 white flags and climbing: This artist shows what America’s COVID-19 death toll looks like

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 16, 2021 at 1:28pm
A woman walks her dogs through an opening in the newly erected temporary security fence on the East Front of the Capitol on Thursday morning, Sept. 16, 2021, as security officials prepare for the Sept. 18th demonstration by supporters of the people arrested in the January 6 riot.

Photo of the day: The return of the fence

By Bill Clark
Posted September 16, 2021 at 10:54am
Congressional staffer Stan Skocki tees off as Lewis Myers, left, and Chris Krepich watch during the Congressional Golf Association’s bipartisan tournament at East Potomac Park in Washington on Aug. 18.

They have a vision for a happier Congress: More golf

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 15, 2021 at 6:45am
The Glen Canyon Dam was built on the Colorado River to create Lake Powell near Page, Ariz. Lake Powell water levels have dropped to record lows since the dam’s completion in the 1960’s.

12 photos that show the drought’s impact on the American West

By Bill Clark
Posted September 15, 2021 at 6:00am
Senate pages arrive in the Capitol from the Senate subway on Monday.

Pages are back in the Senate after a pandemic hiatus

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 14, 2021 at 5:20pm
Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., references a graphic of the goose that lays the golden eggs, during the Ways and Means Committee markup of the Build Back Better Act in Longworth Building on Tuesday.

Photo of the Day: Golden eggs

By Tom Williams
Posted September 14, 2021 at 3:28pm
Front row from right, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, along with fellow lawmakers from both chambers, participate in a remembrance ceremony Monday on the East Front steps of the Capitol for the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

How we got here: The raw post-9/11 films of Greg Barker

By Jason Dick
Posted September 14, 2021 at 6:30am
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 13: Large photo posters from the French-artist JR’s “Inside Out Project” are installed on a building on Constitution Ave. NE across from the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Inside out

By Bill Clark
Posted September 13, 2021 at 4:12pm
Stewart Verdery, CEO of Monument Advocacy, is photographed in his Washington office on Thursday.

Post-9/11 bipartisanship ‘hard to imagine’

By Kate Ackley
Posted September 10, 2021 at 6:30am
Aimee Steel Lubin remembers evacuating from the Capitol complex on 9/11, as people ran for the exits and slipped on the marble stairs.

‘They’re always there’ — memories of evacuating Capitol Hill on 9/11

By Kate Ackley
Posted September 9, 2021 at 12:21pm
A bill introduced by Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., and Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, would specify that no entity may “collect, retain, use, or disclose personal reproductive or sexual health information” without an express permission from an individual or to provide services to the individual. 

Take Five: Sara Jacobs

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 9, 2021 at 5:30am
Police tape is seen on Independence Avenue Southwest during Thursday’s bomb threat standoff in front of the Library of Congress.

Hill staff say fear of political violence can feel like part of the job 

By Chris Cioffi
Posted August 23, 2021 at 9:55am
Aides arrive with Electoral College ballot boxes on Jan. 6, hours before the House chamber devolved into chaos. This week a nonpartisan foundation paid tribute to floor staffers and their service on that day.

Floor staffers were a quiet force on Jan. 6. Now they’re getting an award

By Chris Cioffi
Posted August 18, 2021 at 6:00am
Rep. Jake Auchincloss walks up the House steps at the Capitol for the last vote of the week on June 17, 2021.

Take Five: Jake Auchincloss

By Jim Saksa
Posted August 11, 2021 at 2:07pm, Updated at 3:14pm