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Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, right, speaks with Pope Francis in the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 24, 2015, before the PopeÕs address to a joint seccion of Congress. The next day, Speaker Boehner announced his retirement. (Bill Clark/Roll Call)

Photo: On this day in 2015

By Bill Clark
Posted September 24, 2020 at 2:30pm
Senate staffer Christina Henderson poses for a portrait on the steps outside her house in Washington on Friday. She’s running for D.C. City Council in the upcoming election.

What it takes: How a Hill staffer runs for DC city council … during a pandemic … while raising a toddler

By Clyde McGrady
Posted September 24, 2020 at 6:30am
From left, former congressional staffers Mark Williams, Bridgett Frey, Nicole Tisdale and Josh Martin all took jobs in the private sector last year.

‘You’ll have a freak-out moment’: First a new job, then a pandemic

By Kathryn Lyons
Posted September 24, 2020 at 6:30am

Capitol Lens | Moose on the loose

Majorities of congressional aides in both parties don’t expect their bosses to pass a virus relief bill before Election Day, according to the latest Capitol Insiders Survey.

Survey: Hill aides don’t expect Congress to pass another virus relief bill before election

By Shawn Zeller
Posted September 24, 2020 at 6:15am
Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., asks a question during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Aug. 24.

‘I wouldn’t leave them alone’: How Stacey Plaskett became the Virgin Islands’ voice in Congress

By Eleanor Van Buren
Posted September 24, 2020 at 6:15am
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pay their respects as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose at the top of the U.S. Supreme Court steps on Wednesday.

Photo: R.B.G. Respect

By Caroline Brehman
Posted September 23, 2020 at 3:16pm
Former law clerks walk out and stand for the casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to arrive at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020.

Paying respects to RBG this week? Here’s what you need to know

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted September 23, 2020 at 11:12am
Janie Velencia, left, was used to selling RBG merchandise. Then her subject wanted to become her customer.

She was selling RBG greeting cards. Then she heard from RBG

By Clyde McGrady
Posted September 23, 2020 at 6:00am

Photo: Powell and the plexiglass

By Caroline Brehman
Posted September 22, 2020 at 3:36pm
Members of Congress sit on the House steps in between votes in the Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Members, staffers and journalists can now avail themselves of flu shots through the Office of the Attending Physician.

Capitol flu shot protocols altered to reflect COVID concerns

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted September 22, 2020 at 1:52pm
DC residents stop by the voter registration booth set up by the DC Board of Elections outside of The Anthem in Washington on Monday. Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day.

Photo: DC marks National Voter Registration Day

By Caroline Brehman
Posted September 21, 2020 at 3:56pm
Supreme Court nominee Ruth Bader Ginsburg answers reporters' questions during her courtesy call with Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., right, and Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., on June 15, 1993.

Photos: Washington mourns death of Supreme Court icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Bill Clark
Posted September 19, 2020 at 4:03pm
People look at the newly opened Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington on Friday. Designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry, the memorial honors Eisenhower’s legacy as supreme Allied commander in Europe during World War II and as the 34th president.

Eisenhower Memorial opens, ending 20 years of planning strife on Capitol Hill

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted September 18, 2020 at 4:53pm

Politics imitates comedy: Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted September 18, 2020 at 2:40pm
Supporters of Virginia Rep. Jennifer Wexton arrive wearing face masks Friday morning at the Loudoun County Office of Elections in Leesburg on the first day of early voting.

Photos of the week ending Sept. 18

By Bill Clark, Tom Williams and Caroline Brehman
Posted September 18, 2020 at 1:42pm
A worker adjusts the hands of the Car of History Clock in Statuary Hall in October of 2019. A new bill would call for keeping clocks set to daylight saving time through this winter.

Florida men pitch daylight saving time pause

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 16, 2020 at 4:02pm
Fernando Romero plays with a soccer ball Monday at Gravelly Point Park in Arlington, Va.

Amid the pandemic, Washington at play

By Jason Dick, Caroline Brehman and Tom Williams
Posted September 16, 2020 at 3:36pm
Sen. Kamala Harris’ vice presidential bid has inspired some very specific donations.

Why are people sending the Biden-Harris campaign $19.08?

By Clyde McGrady
Posted September 16, 2020 at 6:00am
When “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek returns this week for another season of the quiz show, viewers will notice a few changes on the set. What won’t change is the Venn diagram that keeps Washington watching.

When ‘Jeopardy!’ messes with politics, Washington collectively groans

By Kathryn Lyons
Posted September 15, 2020 at 6:00am
Florence Pendleton one of the first shadow senators from D.C. in an undated photo. She died Thursday at age 94.

Florence Pendleton, pioneering DC shadow senator and statehood champion, dies at 94

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 14, 2020 at 5:40pm