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Capitol Lens | By the dawn’s early light

By Bill Clark
Posted July 29, 2024 at 3:07pm
House Oversight Chairman James R. Comer, R-Ky., and ranking member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., listen during a Secret Service oversight hearing Monday on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

Photos of the week ending July 26, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 26, 2024 at 9:55am
National Park Service workers replace one of the American flags outside Union Station on Thursday that had been removed during protests of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint meeting of Congress.

Capitol Lens | Cleaning up

By Bill Clark
Posted July 25, 2024 at 2:05pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, left, appears with Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry in Mechanicsburg, Pa., on Friday to help with Perry’s tight House race.

Photos of the week ending October 11, 2024

A crowd gathers in front of the Supreme Court building on June 26, 2013, ahead of a key ruling that struck down parts of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act. Gay conservatives were early and important voices in the fight to legalize same-sex marriage, according to a recent book.

How Republicans helped shape gay activism in America

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted July 25, 2024 at 6:15am
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., holds a “guilty of genocide,” sign as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress on Wednesday. Outside, thousands were protesting the speech, including some Hill staffers.

Staffers join thousands in fiery protests of Netanyahu on Capitol Hill

By Justin Papp and Daniela Altimari
Posted July 24, 2024 at 5:42pm
From left, former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, wife Melania, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the vice presidential nominee, and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance, celebrate on stage at the Fiserv Forum on Thursday, the final day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis.

Photos of the week at the Republican National Convention

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 19, 2024 at 10:16am
Former President Donald Trump and his Republican Party are riding high at their national nominating convention, confident of their prospects for winning in November.

‘Happy Days’ for Republicans in Milwaukee

By Jason Dick, John T. Bennett and Briana Reilly
Posted July 18, 2024 at 10:25am
Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, greets his wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, after he addressed the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday.

Capitol Lens | Republican National Convention, Day 3

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 18, 2024 at 10:21am
Delegates dance in the Fiserv Forum on Tuesday, the second day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

Capitol Lens | Republican National Convention, Day 2

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 17, 2024 at 11:39am
Political influencer V Spehar, creator of "Under the Desk News," speaks at Friday’s conference on Capitol Hill hosted by the Democratic Digital Communications Staff Association.

The way to voters’ hearts? It must be memes and TikTok, influencers say

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 16, 2024 at 3:03pm
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, greets his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, in Fiserv Forum on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

Capitol Lens | Republican National Convention, Day 1

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 16, 2024 at 10:19am
South Carolina delegates Gerri McDaniel, left, and Cindy Risher pose for a photo outside of the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on Saturday before the start of the Republican National Convention.

Capitol Lens | Calm before the storm

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 15, 2024 at 11:01am
Congressional Democrats spent the week wringing their hands over supporting President Joe Biden, who continued to add to their woes.

Gaffe track — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted July 12, 2024 at 3:11pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves Senate Democrats’ meeting with Biden campaign officials at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee headquarters on Thursday.

Photos of the week ending July 12, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 12, 2024 at 9:05am

Capitol Lens | Popping out

By Bill Clark
Posted July 11, 2024 at 4:25pm
Staffers pass out Mauna Loa macadamia nuts from Hawaii Democratic Rep. Ed Case to House Appropriations Committee members before the start of the markup of several spending bills in the Rayburn House Office Building on July 10.

Capitol Lens | Going nuts for approps

By Roll Call Staff Writer
Posted July 10, 2024 at 5:02pm
Fourth of July fireworks light up the sky over the National Mall in Washington on Thursday.

Capitol Lens | Muggy for the cameras

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 8, 2024 at 2:19pm
Fourth of July fireworks light up the sky over the National Mall in Washington on Thursday.

Photos of the week ending July 5, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 5, 2024 at 10:39am

Capitol Lens | Folk it up

By Tom Williams
Posted July 2, 2024 at 2:36pm
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., leaves the House Republicans’ caucus meeting in the Longworth House Office Building on Oct. 13, 2023.

Rep. Thomas Massie announces death of his wife

By Justin Papp
Posted June 28, 2024 at 11:58am