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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., swears in the 119th Congress in the House chamber on Jan. 3, 2025. Since then, six new members have joined to fill vacancies left behind by deaths and resignations.

Special election winners on starting in the middle

By Jackie Wang
Posted February 9, 2026 at 4:53pm

Capitol Lens | Virtual deposition

By Bill Clark
Posted February 9, 2026 at 3:13pm
Marissa Lang, an enterprise reporter who was laid off by The Washington Post, hugs a supporter during the Save the Post rally outside the newspaper’s offices on Thursday after about 300 newsroom employees were fired the day before.

The Washington Press Club Foundation dinner debrief

By Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman
Posted February 6, 2026 at 11:54am

Capitol Ink | Celebrity sighting

By R.J. Matson
Posted February 6, 2026 at 11:44am
Demonstrators attend a rally outside The Washington Post offices in downtown Washington on Thursday, after about 300 newsroom employees were laid off. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | January 30-February 5, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted February 6, 2026 at 10:37am

Capitol Lens | Thaw, humbug!

By Bill Clark
Posted February 5, 2026 at 4:37pm

Capitol Lens | Remembering Rosa Parks

By Bill Clark
Posted February 4, 2026 at 1:47pm

Capitol Lens | Shutter speed

By Bill Clark
Posted February 3, 2026 at 4:15pm
Del. Kimberlyn King-Hinds leaves a House Republican’s caucus meeting in the Capitol on Jan. 14. “I came here with the assumption that people would be a lot more knowledgeable, given the fact that everybody’s talking about China and geopolitics,” she says as she reflects on her first year in Congress.

King-Hinds on long commutes and the ‘tyranny of distance’

By Nina Heller
Posted February 3, 2026 at 11:40am

Capitol Lens | Chip off the snow block

By Tom Williams
Posted February 2, 2026 at 4:41pm
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend the world premiere of Amazon MGM Studios’ film “MELANIA” in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29.

We watched ‘Melania’ to figure out who this is for

By Brandon Wetherbee
Posted February 2, 2026 at 4:11pm
Architect of the Capitol crews clear snow from the East Front of the Capitol building Sunday as Winter Storm Fern dumps snow and sleet on the Washington area.

Photos of the week | January 23-29, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted January 30, 2026 at 6:00am

Capitol Lens | That’s Risch

By Bill Clark
Posted January 28, 2026 at 4:08pm

Capitol Lens | Snow job

By Bill Clark
Posted January 27, 2026 at 3:15pm
Rep. Janelle Bynum is pictured in her Longworth Building office on Jan. 22. “There’s so many young, bright kids, and all they need is a shot,” the Oregon Democrat says.

Rep. Janelle Bynum recalls interning for Arlen Specter

By Jackie Wang
Posted January 27, 2026 at 2:57pm

Capitol Lens | Well sled

By Bill Clark
Posted January 26, 2026 at 5:09pm
A National Park Service ranger salutes at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial after the annual MLK Day observance ceremony on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | January 16-22, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted January 23, 2026 at 9:50am
Angie Katsanevas arrives to testify in front of the House Small Business Committee on Thursday.

‘You do french fries, I do franchise’: Angie K. has some fans in Congress

By Nina Heller
Posted January 22, 2026 at 5:56pm

Capitol Lens | Just one Moore thing

By Bill Clark
Posted January 21, 2026 at 4:02pm

Capitol Lens | Eagle eye

By Bill Clark
Posted January 20, 2026 at 3:19pm