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Capitol Lens | Before sunset

By Bill Clark
Posted March 4, 2024 at 3:27pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., reflected in a video camera lens, participates in a news conference after the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Thursday.

Photos of the week ending March 1, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 1, 2024 at 9:54am

Capitol Lens | Stepping out

By Bill Clark
Posted February 29, 2024 at 3:16pm

Capitol Lens | Feeling the Bern

An abandoned tank stuck in the sand on Oucuo Beach in Kinmen, Taiwan.

On Taiwan’s islands of Kinmen, ‘that feeling of being stuck in between’

By Jason Dick
Posted February 29, 2024 at 6:15am

Capitol Lens | Ode to Joe

By Tom Williams
Posted February 28, 2024 at 5:11pm
“Partisan gerrymandering is a real problem,” says North Carolina Democratic Rep. Kathy Manning.

Gerrymandered off the Hill, Kathy Manning eyes what’s next

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 27, 2024 at 6:15am

Capitol Lens | A Dunn deal

By Tom Williams
Posted February 26, 2024 at 1:45pm
A new staff collaboration space in the Cannon House Office Building is seen on Feb. 13.

One plan to modernize Congress? A coworking space

By Justin Papp
Posted February 21, 2024 at 6:30am
Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, won a special election in November. She was already a familiar face in the Capitol, after working for her predecessor, Chris Stewart.

Celeste Maloy had a ‘fast and breathtaking journey’ to Congress

By Nick Eskow
Posted February 21, 2024 at 6:15am
Congressional aides gather on the House steps on Nov. 8 as they unfurl a banner demanding a cease-fire. Now staffers have organized a fundraiser for humanitarian aid.

‘We will not be complicit in this’: Hill staffers challenge their bosses on Gaza

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 21, 2024 at 5:30am

Capitol Lens | ‘The Eyes of History’

By Roll Call Staff
Posted February 20, 2024 at 3:28pm
Senate filibusters of the $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan highlight this week’s Congressional Hits and Misses.

‘Bad performance art’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted February 16, 2024 at 3:26pm
The District of Columbia celebrated the Lunar New Year with its annual parade in the Chinatown neighborhood on Sunday.

Photos of the week ending February 16, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted February 16, 2024 at 9:25am
Actress and activist Susan Sarandon addresses the media with Medea Benjamin of Code Pink, right, on Capitol Hill on Thursday.

Susan Sarandon joins protesters on Capitol Hill calling for Gaza cease-fire

By Justin Papp
Posted February 15, 2024 at 7:09pm

Capitol Lens | Board room

By Bill Clark
Posted February 14, 2024 at 3:27pm
Vice President Kamala Harris addresses an event with descendants of civil rights leaders and abolitionists at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Tuesday. Stephen Benjamin, director of the Office of Public Engagement, also appears.

‘Let’s keep this history alive’: Descendants of iconic Black leaders gather at White House

By Justin Papp
Posted February 13, 2024 at 10:26pm
Former House Clerk Cheryl Johnson, center, receives the Freedom Award on Tuesday. She is joined on stage by, from left, Rep. Troy Carter, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, former House Clerk Lorraine Miller, and Capitol Historical Society President Jane Campbell.

Cheryl Johnson, who made history as House clerk, gets another round of applause

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 13, 2024 at 8:11pm
Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md., speaks at a 2021 rally in support of his proposal to overhaul voting access and money in politics. He has been “toiling in those vineyards” for years, he says now.

Rep. John Sarbanes says he’s staying on the ‘democracy team’

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 13, 2024 at 6:15am

Capitol Lens | Honoring Abe

By Bill Clark
Posted February 12, 2024 at 3:07pm
Former Rep. Tom Suozzi, thr Democratic candidate for New York’s 3rd Congressional District, waves after a campaign rally in Port Washington, N.Y., on Saturday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending February 9, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted February 9, 2024 at 9:58am