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Musician Jason “Jelly Roll” DeFord testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on Thursday.

Jelly Roll was once a drug dealer. Now he’s pushing Congress to pass an anti-fentanyl bill

By Jim Saksa
Posted January 11, 2024 at 1:45pm
Rep. Mike Levin, D-Calif., is seen in his office on Capitol Hill on Dec. 7.

In a purple district, Rep. Mike Levin stays focused on green energy

By Jim Saksa
Posted January 11, 2024 at 6:15am

Capitol Lens | Welcome back, Congress

By Bill Clark
Posted January 10, 2024 at 4:53pm
President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union in 2023. This year, the list of guests invited by lawmakers and the White House spotlights immigration, reproductive rights, the Israel-Hamas war, and more.

On the SOTU guest list: immigration, IVF and abortion  

“The attention that it’s getting is underwhelming,” said Michael Fanone, a former Metropolitan Police Department officer who was injured during the attack of Jan. 6, 2021.

Jan. 6 echoes loudly on the campaign trail, but Capitol falls quiet on third anniversary

By Megan Mineiro
Posted January 5, 2024 at 3:25pm
10:57AM: An image of President Donald Trump appears on video screens "stop the steal" rally at the Ellipse outside of the White House in Washington on January 6, 2021, as the Congress prepares to certify the electoral college votes.

The January 6th insurrection in photos

By Bill Clark, Tom Williams and Caroline Brehman
Posted January 5, 2024 at 11:46am
Anthony Weiner resigned from Congress in 2011 amid a sexting scandal. He is just one of many to see his career derailed in recent years.

Senate staffer scandal just latest in line of self-sabotaging selfies

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 21, 2023 at 12:17pm
(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Capitol Lens: On this date

By Tom Williams
Posted December 20, 2023 at 2:02pm
Rep. Jonathan Jackson leaves the Capitol after the last votes of the year on Dec. 14.

Jonathan Jackson, son of civil rights leaders, charts his path in Congress 

By Justin Papp
Posted December 15, 2023 at 4:34pm
Rep. Kevin McCarthy greets staffers and members on Thursday, in one of his final photo ops as a member of the House.

‘Success after success after success’: Allies say goodbye to Kevin McCarthy

By Justin Papp
Posted December 14, 2023 at 4:06pm
2023 was a year full of historic moments and Roll Call’s photojournalists were there to capture all of the action.

Photos of the Year: Putting 2023 into focus

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 14, 2023 at 5:00am
Rabbi Levi Shemtov, center, joins congressional leaders on Tuesday to light a menorah.

‘Overwhelm it with light’: Speaker Johnson addresses antisemitism at menorah lighting

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 12, 2023 at 9:14pm
The Smithsonian and U.S. flags fly in front of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in 2019.

Congress presses Smithsonian director on new museums, ‘panda diplomacy’

By Justin Papp
Posted December 12, 2023 at 6:40pm
Rep. María Elvira Salazar says she knows why voters are abandoning Democrats in Florida: “Don’t you see? It’s socialism.”

Rep. Maria Salazar discusses Cuba spy donor, creeping Marxism, and immigration stalemate

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 12, 2023 at 6:15am

Capitol Lens | Perch party

By Bill Clark
Posted December 11, 2023 at 5:18pm
Faith & Liberty holds its 20th annual live nativity in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday. The nativity scene included people portraying Mary, Joseph, the Baby Jesus, Wise Men, townspeople, and shepherds in first-century attire, along with Delilah the camel, a donkey and sheep. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending December 8, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 8, 2023 at 10:10am

Capitol Lens | Nativity scene

By Bill Clark
Posted December 7, 2023 at 3:41pm
Border wall-themed holiday decorations hang outside the office of Rep. Eli Crane in the Longworth House Office Building this week.

Congress takes holiday decorating seriously. This year it caused an outcry

By Justin Papp
Posted December 6, 2023 at 4:57pm

Capitol Lens | Norman Lear, 1922–2023

By Chris Hale
Posted December 6, 2023 at 1:59pm
Religious Democrats see differences both theological and constitutional as they size up Speaker Mike Johnson, seen here at a Tuesday news conference about antisemitism on college campuses.

How Democrats of faith see devout Speaker Mike Johnson

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 6, 2023 at 12:11pm
Denise and Courtney of Kansas pose with their son, Marek. The family is among those featured in the new Hulu documentary “We Live Here: The Midwest.”

These LGBTQ+ families have a message for the Midwest: ‘We Live Here’

By Jason Dick
Posted December 5, 2023 at 6:15am