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“People believe there’s only one solution to every problem, but you and I know there isn’t,” says Rep. Young Kim.

Take Five: Young Kim

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 5, 2021 at 6:00am
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 4: Draw the Curtain by artist Nicolas Party is seen draped on the recently reopened Hirshhorn Museum on the National Mall as a child checks out the Kiepenkerl statue by Jeff Koons, on Monday October 4, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Wrap it up

By Tom Williams
Posted October 4, 2021 at 3:29pm
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 29: GOP’s Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, celebrates his inside the park home run as Democrats’ catcher Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., looks on during the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending Oct. 1, 2021

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 1, 2021 at 11:38am

Capitol Lens | Nativity scene

Georgia Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux got her start on Capitol Hill in the 1990s as a staffer to Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden.

Carolyn Bourdeaux saw how the ‘take no prisoners’ approach to politics began

By Paul V. Fontelo
Posted September 30, 2021 at 7:30am
Capitol Police Officer Winston Pingeon holds a self-portrait of himself in riot gear. “It was just a devastating day for me, for the Capitol Police and for our country,” he says of Jan. 6.

This police officer defended the Capitol on Jan. 6. Now he paints to remember

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 30, 2021 at 6:00am
Sen. Chris Murphy tags out Rep. William R. Timmons IV at home plate during the Congressional Baseball Game on Wednesday at Nationals Park.

It was a good night for Republicans at the Congressional Baseball Game

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 29, 2021 at 10:13pm
Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh crosses the finish line Wednesday during the ACLI Capital Challenge in Anacostia Park.

Congress runs (and puns fly) at 2021 ACLI Capital Challenge

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 29, 2021 at 11:45am
Members of Free Britney America hold a rally by the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington on Saturday, ahead of the latest court date for the pop star seeking release from her conservatorship.

Experts to senators: Free Britney … and other people in toxic conservatorships

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 28, 2021 at 7:42pm
The coronavirus pandemic disrupted a beloved Hill tradition last year, but the Congressional Baseball Game is back for 2021. Above, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., warms up at Nationals Park in 2019.

As fiscal crises mount, Congress is finally ready to play ball — literally, not figuratively

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 28, 2021 at 11:41am, Updated at 4:45pm
Indiana Rep. Frank Mrvan doesn’t know “The Music Man” songbook, but he has fond memories of Jim Nabors belting out a tune at the Indy 500.

Take Five: Frank Mrvan

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 28, 2021 at 6:30am
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., passes by a Build Back Better for Women rally held by Democrats on the House steps on Friday.

Photos of the week ending Sept. 24, 2021

By Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted September 24, 2021 at 2:08pm
Sens. Mitt Romney, left, and Raphael Warnock fill their plates at a bipartisan barbecue lunch Thursday.

Can 400 pounds of barbecue help grease the wheels of the Senate?

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 23, 2021 at 5:50pm
“I’ve lived to see my lost causes found,” Pauli Murray once said. The activist and scholar is the subject of a new documentary from the makers of the film “RBG.”

‘My Name Is Pauli Murray’ — portrait of an activist as a major influence

By Jason Dick
Posted September 23, 2021 at 6:00am
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson checks out a bust of Winston Churchill after a meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

Photo of the day: What do you think, Winnie?

By Tom Williams
Posted September 22, 2021 at 3:22pm
A Rako Coffee Roasters table is seen in the Cannon Building on Friday.

A new coffee shop opened in the House. Staffers promptly drank all the coffee

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 20, 2021 at 7:33pm, Updated September 21, 2021 at 5:35pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., plants one of 660,000 flags at the In America: Remember public art installation on the National Mall to commemorate the Americans who have died due to COVID-19.

Photo of the day: A COVID-19 memorial

By Tom Williams
Posted September 21, 2021 at 4:42pm
Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., sits on the House steps at the Capitol on July 30.

Take Five: Andrew Garbarino

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 21, 2021 at 6:00am
Former Trump campaign employee Matt Braynard, organizer of the “Justice for J6” rally, speaks to the crowd Saturday outside the Capitol.

Photos of the day: ‘Justice for J6’ rally

By Bill Clark
Posted September 18, 2021 at 1:24pm
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 16: The newly erected temporary security fence stands on the East Front of the Capitol on Thursday morning, Sept. 16, 2021, as security officials prepare for the Sept. 18th demonstration by supporters of the people arrested in the January 6 riot. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending Sept. 17, 2021

By Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted September 17, 2021 at 9:42am
Commitment to America

Take Five: Mike Garcia

By Paul V. Fontelo
Posted September 17, 2021 at 6:31am