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Capitol Lens | Monumental occasion

By Bill Clark
Posted July 25, 2022 at 3:37pm
A video of Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., running to safety on Jan. 6, 2021, is played on Thursday during a hearing of the select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Photos of the week ending July 22, 2022

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 22, 2022 at 11:42am

Capitol Lens | Body language

By Tom Williams
Posted July 21, 2022 at 2:32pm
Staffers pray on Capitol Hill on March 15. The Congressional Muslim Staff Association relaunched last year after a period of dormancy and has organized several events so far.

Shouldering grief for Gaza, Muslim staffers prepare for Eid 

Senate cafeteria workers gather around Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Wednesday as they call for job security and a union contract.

17 arrested as Senate dining workers protest at the Capitol

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 20, 2022 at 8:02pm

Capitol Lens | Carper tunnel syndrome

By Bill Clark
Posted July 20, 2022 at 2:59pm

Capitol Lens | Arrested development

By Tom Williams
Posted July 19, 2022 at 3:48pm

Capitol Lens | Porcine language 

By Sarah Silbiger
Posted July 18, 2022 at 4:24pm
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Andy Levin, D-Mich., left, conduct a news conference in February 2020. On Monday, staff in their offices, as well as five others, announced they would take steps to begin forming unions.

Staff in several House offices begin the process of unionizing

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 18, 2022 at 11:17am, Updated at 2:56pm
Stephen Ayres, left, who pleaded guilty to charges for participating in the Capitol riot, and former Oath Keepers spokesman Jason Van Tatenhove prepare to testify Tuesday in the House Jan. 6 panel’s hearing to present previously unseen material.

Photos of the week ending July 15, 2022

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 15, 2022 at 11:46am

Capitol Lens | Veterans’ day

By Tom Williams
Posted July 14, 2022 at 3:52pm

Capitol Lens | Unveiling history

By Tom Williams
Posted July 13, 2022 at 3:09pm
Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., attends a memorial on the National Mall in June to remember victims of gun violence. She’s the subject of a new documentary in theaters this week.

‘Thor’ isn’t the superhero movie of the summer. It’s Gabby Giffords

By Jason Dick
Posted July 13, 2022 at 2:53pm

Capitol Lens | Supermoonstruck

By Bill Clark
Posted July 12, 2022 at 3:00pm
Caution tape appears at a sidewalk construction site on Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, near the Capitol in May 2021.

Take it from top Hill staffers: Congress doesn’t function as it should

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 12, 2022 at 6:15am

Capitol Lens | Selfie service

By Tom Williams
Posted July 11, 2022 at 3:44pm
Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, center, left, and Rep. Tom O’Halleran, center, right, talk as they arrive for the Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce Fourth of July parade in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Monday.

Photos of the week ending July 8, 2022

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 8, 2022 at 11:52am
“The Martha Mitchell Effect” revisits Watergate through the eyes of a woman once derided as the “mouth of the South.”

Everyone used to know her name in politics. Now Martha Mitchell is back

By Jason Dick
Posted June 28, 2022 at 6:15am
Rep. Bill Huizenga walks down the House steps of the Capitol after a vote in April. The Michigan Republican worked for Pete Hoekstra in the 1990s.

What Rep. Bill Huizenga learned from his 1990s cellphone

By Jackie Wang
Posted June 28, 2022 at 5:30am
House Sergeant-at-Arms William J. Walker in his U.S. Capitol office on June 1.

The top House security official has his sights on a safer Capitol. It’s a big task

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 28, 2022 at 5:00am
Abortion rights and anti-abortion activists use megaphones outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday as they wait for justices to hand down their decision on Dobbs v. Jackson.

Photos of the Week ending June 24, 2022

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 24, 2022 at 6:35pm