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Capitol Lens | DeSantis steps up

By Tom Williams
Posted April 14, 2023 at 3:05pm
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden wave to guests on the South Lawn of the White House during Monday’s Easter Egg Roll.

Photos of the week ending April 14, 2023

By Tom Williams
Posted April 14, 2023 at 2:22pm

Reading Room rainbow

By Tom Williams
Posted April 11, 2023 at 6:17pm
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

Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., talks on the phone in his Rayburn office on Jan. 15, 2014, the day he announced his retirement from Congress.

Ex-Rep. Jim Moran looks at partisan polarization and a new generation of leaders

By Daniela Altimari
Posted April 5, 2023 at 10:00am
Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt.

Peter Welch on being the Senate’s (old) new guy, dairy, and how Dems like him win rural voters

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 5, 2023 at 6:00am
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., introduced 521 bills in one day, but a congressional expert says it's unlikely any of the bills will see the House floor.

Go Biggs or go home: Arizona Republican sponsors 521 bills in a day

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 4, 2023 at 2:48pm
Kites fly above the flags surrounding the Washington Monument during the Blossom Kite Festival on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday.

Photos of the week ending March 31, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 31, 2023 at 2:11pm
Mark Russell standing beside a piano.

Mark Russell, early part of Roll Call who went on to fame, dies at 90

By Jason Dick
Posted March 31, 2023 at 12:05pm
"I wanted to do something that would get senators on the record and try to force them to have these conversations," says Gabe Garbowit, a former staffer for Sen. Tina Smith.

Founder of Senate ‘union tracker’ aims to empower staffers

By Justin Papp
Posted March 30, 2023 at 9:10am

Capitol Lens | A Bill on the Hill

By Tom Williams
Posted March 30, 2023 at 7:30am
Rep. Derek Kilmer chaired a select committee that recommended changing to semimonthly staff pay.

House’s monthly pay cycle, an inconvenience for some, could get review

By Justin Papp
Posted March 30, 2023 at 7:01am
Rep. Glenn F. Ivey, D-Md., arrives for new member orientation in the Capitol Visitor Center last year.

A chance reunion at a fundraiser sent Glenn Ivey to the Hill; now he’s back as a member

By Nick Eskow
Posted March 30, 2023 at 6:00am
From left, Kyle Parker, Steven Moore and two members of the Georgian Legion in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 9, 2022.

When Russia invaded, this former House staffer rushed to Ukraine

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 30, 2023 at 5:00am

Capitol Lens | An officer and a distinguished gentleman

By Tom Williams
Posted March 29, 2023 at 2:25pm
“The reality is, the last eight substantial fiscal reforms we’ve had in this country have come about because of debt ceiling negotiations,” Rep. Dusty Johnson says.

From lens of GOP’s Main Street to the bipartisan Problem Solvers, Johnson sees solutions

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 28, 2023 at 5:00am
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., arrives for a Senate Finance Committee hearing on March 22.

Sen. Rand Paul says staff member was ‘brutally attacked’ in DC

By Daniela Altimari
Posted March 27, 2023 at 8:45pm

Capitol Lens | They can still do it

By Bill Clark
Posted March 27, 2023 at 2:55pm
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul speaks with committee members and staffers as he arrives for a markup in the Capitol Visitor Center on Friday.

Photos of the week ending March 24, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 24, 2023 at 1:16pm
If former President Donald Trump did go to trial, it would probably knock him off the campaign trail for the trial's duration.  

Indictment would be unlikely to divert Trump from campaign to courthouse

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 23, 2023 at 6:35pm

Capitol Lens | Bunny ears Blinken

By Bill Clark
Posted March 23, 2023 at 5:59pm