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U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker autographs a University of Georgia football helmet for Maj. Jerry Blash of the Liberty County Sheriff’s office at the Law Enforcement Appreciation Cookout held at Wayne Dasher’s pond house in Glennville, Ga., on Thursday.

Poultry and politics: On the road in Georgia

By Bill Clark
Posted April 15, 2022 at 10:31am
Washington Commanders helmets on display at Inova Sports Performance Center at Ashburn, Va.

Washington Commanders may have cheated fans, other team owners

By Chris Cioffi
Posted April 12, 2022 at 3:14pm
Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Joyce Beatty, center, and members of the CBC address the media outside the Senate chamber on Thursday after the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court by a vote of 53-47.

Photos of the Week ending April 8, 2022

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted April 8, 2022 at 11:05am
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

In the current two-party system, “one side is incentivized to just obstruct and stop,” say leaders of Fix Our House. Above, a woman votes in D.C.’s primary in June 2020.

Partisan ‘doom loop’? The answer is more parties, this group says

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 8, 2022 at 5:58am
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, speaks at a rally on Capitol Hill with Senate cafeteria workers Wednesday.

Senate dining workers avert layoffs and will ‘keep fighting’

By Chris Cioffi
Posted April 6, 2022 at 7:59pm
Lobbyist captain Nick Lewis celebrates a goal during practice at the Mount Vernon Ice Arena in Alexandria, Va., on Monday.

It’s lobbyists vs. lawmakers again at Congressional Hockey Challenge

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 6, 2022 at 3:30pm
DC Humane Rescue Alliance officers trap a red fox with a net in Lower Senate Park across from the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington on Tuesday.

‘Aggressive’ fox captured on Capitol Hill

By Michael Macagnone and Chris Marquette
Posted April 5, 2022 at 4:01pm
Rep. G.K. Butterfield, seen here on March 15, first came to Congress in 2004.

‘We must protect access to the ballot box,’ retiring Rep. G.K. Butterfield says

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 5, 2022 at 6:15am
Don Mullen, dressed as Abraham Lincoln, fist bumps a runner on K Street, Northeeast, during the Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon and 5K on Saturday.

Photos of the week ending April 1, 2022

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted April 1, 2022 at 2:32pm
From left, Anthony Thomas, Chloe Washington and Oliver Rojas, employees of Restaurant Associates, pose outside the Capitol on March 18.

They work in the halls of power. But Senate dining workers are ‘still struggling’

By Chris Cioffi
Posted March 31, 2022 at 6:30am
Rep. Jim Costa, shown here in 2014, first came to Capitol Hill as an intern in the 1970s.

It ‘opened my eyes’: Rep. Jim Costa on the summer of ’73

By Paul V. Fontelo
Posted March 31, 2022 at 6:15am
John Amara Walters worked in Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s office for several years, starting as an intern and rising to a legislative aide. The Maryland Democrat launched a new internship in his memory this year.

John Amara Walters had an ‘infectious laugh.’ Now his memory inspires interns

By Paul V. Fontelo
Posted March 31, 2022 at 5:15am
A man dressed as Uncle Sam with a syringe through his head marches with anti-vaccine mandate protesters in Washington on Jan. 23.

More Republicans have died of COVID-19. Does that mean the polls are off?

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 30, 2022 at 5:00am
Anne Walton, second from left, and other members of Rep. Don Young’s family mourn as the Alaska Republican lies in state in National Statuary Hall on Tuesday.

‘Revered and feared’: Don Young lies in state at the Capitol

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 29, 2022 at 1:19pm
Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., in her Longworth Building office on March 17.

What plays in Peoria? Rep. Cheri Bustos would know

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 29, 2022 at 5:30am
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee, is sworn in before delivering her opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday.

Photos of the week: Supreme Court confirmation edition

By Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted March 25, 2022 at 12:32pm
A group of visitors walk through the Senate subway on Tuesday. The House side will start easing restrictions next week.

Limited Capitol tours return Monday, but some say it’s happening too slowly

By Chris Cioffi
Posted March 23, 2022 at 4:37pm
Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., speaks with reporters at the Capitol in 2015. He now holds the title of dean of the House.

‘Plain old sticktoitiveness’: What it means to be dean of the House

By Chris Cioffi and Paul V. Fontelo
Posted March 23, 2022 at 5:45am
Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, arrives with former Alabama Sen. Doug Jones to meet with South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham in his office in the Russell Office Building on Tuesday.

Photos of the week ending March 18, 2022

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 18, 2022 at 3:17pm
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Franklin Roosevelt buttons are seen at the home of Robert Fratkin, a vendor in the American Political Items Collectors regional show and sale hosted by the National Capital Chapter.

‘Every button tells a story’: Washington’s political memorabilia show and sale returns

By Chris Cioffi
Posted March 17, 2022 at 6:30am