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The attack on the Capitol and democracy stretched the limits of imagination, according to “The Circus” co-hosts John Heilemann and Jennifer Palmieri.

We may not be through ‘the worst of this,’ say John Heilemann and Jennifer Palmieri

By Jason Dick and Evan Campbell
Posted February 11, 2021 at 6:00am
A pro-conviction banner hangs over a bridge on North Capitol Street in Washington on Wednesday, the second day of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.

Photos of the day: Impeachment signs

By Caroline Brehman
Posted February 10, 2021 at 3:34pm
Freshman members of the House Republican Conference pose at the Capitol on Jan. 4, along with the minority leader. It’s been a strange few weeks for new lawmakers in Congress, to say the least.

Loneliest class in Congress wonders how to make friends

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 10, 2021 at 6:00am
House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, second from right, hosted a crime briefing for Hill members and staffers Monday, joined by D.C. Police Union Chairman Greggory Pemberton.

Republicans, police officials tell Hill staffers to watch their backs amid DC crime spike

UNITED STATES - February 9: A woman wheels a cart full of snacks through the Senate subway on the first day of former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Trump is charged with “incitement of insurrection” after his supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to overturn November’s election result. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Something to snack on

By Caroline Brehman
Posted February 9, 2021 at 3:37pm
UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 8: Pictures of President Joe Biden, right, former Attorney General Eric Holder, center, and former President Barack Obama, are set out for the taking on 4th Street SE, on Monday, February 8, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Take my pictures

By Tom Williams
Posted February 8, 2021 at 3:10pm
Sydney Register, left, and Pablo Feliciano construct a snow man at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial as snow continues to fall in Washington on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021.

Groundhog week, cellphones and vote-a-rama — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted February 5, 2021 at 3:52pm
The urn containing the remains of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick is carried out of the Capitol after lying in honor in the Rotunda on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending Feb. 5, 2021

By Caroline Brehman, Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted February 5, 2021 at 1:47pm
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shared her own account of the Capitol sacking earlier in the week. On Thursday she talked about trauma again, this time with backup.

At AOC-organized floor session, Democrats share tears, fears from Capitol storming

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 4, 2021 at 9:10pm
UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 3: The urn containing the remains of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick are carried out of the Capitol after lying in honor in the Rotunda on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Sicknick died from injuries sustained on the January 6th attack on the Capitol. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Sicknick remembered

By Tom Williams
Posted February 3, 2021 at 3:50pm
UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 2: Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., speaks with a reporter in the Capitol after a vote as the Senate subway door closes on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, left, was also on the subway. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Do not hold subway doors

By Bill Clark
Posted February 3, 2021 at 9:53am
A damaged pane is seen at the top of the House steps of the Capitol on Jan. 27, weeks after a mob attack.

Choosing their scars: Lawmakers still a long way from deciding what to preserve from insurrection

By Chris Cioffi
Posted February 3, 2021 at 6:00am
The way filmmaker Errol Morris sees it, all narrators are unreliable and history is chaos. Above, Morris arrives for the premiere of his 2018 project “American Dharma.”

Conspiracy or chaos: Two ways of seeing history from Errol Morris

By Jason Dick
Posted February 1, 2021 at 1:35pm
UNITED STATES - January 31: People throw snowballs during a snowball fight, organized by the Washington DC Snowball Fight Association, on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the day: Winter came

By Caroline Brehman and Tom Williams
Posted February 1, 2021 at 9:58am
UNITED STATES - January 26: A staffer pretends to get run over by Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., as he uses a knee scooter after undergoing foot surgery, to make his way to the Senate floor for a vote in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Scooters, new recipes and the final ‘Time to Wake Up’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted January 29, 2021 at 2:11pm
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 25 : House Clerk Cheryl Johnson, Tim Blodgett, acting House Sergeant at Arms, impeachment managers Reps. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Diana DeGette, D-Colo., David Cicilline, D-R.I., Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Ted Lieu, D-Calif., Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., Joe Neguse, D-Colo., walk through the Capitol’s Statuary Hall to deliver the article of impeachment for incitement of insurrection against former President Donald Trump to the Senate floor on Monday, January 25, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending Jan. 29, 2021

By Caroline Brehman, Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted January 29, 2021 at 11:37am
UNITED STATES - January 28: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives for her weekly news conference in the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Speaker arrives

By Caroline Brehman
Posted January 28, 2021 at 4:24pm
For almost four decades, the comedians of the Capitol Steps served up good old-fashioned political yuks. Now, at the end of the Trump era and as the coronavirus decimates live performance, the group has shut down. Above, members of the group perform at the Sunset Center in Carmel, California, in 2010.

‘Like the tap-dancing cat’: Capitol Steps played the Hill for laughs

By Erin Bacon
Posted January 28, 2021 at 7:00am
Shuwanza Goff was previously floor director for legislative operations for House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer.

From the House to the White House: Ex-Hoyer aide relishes new role

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted January 28, 2021 at 6:30am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer wave as President Joe Biden’s motorcade departs the Capitol on Inauguration Day. They’re also saying goodbye to key Democratic Hill aides as the administration staffs up.

Brain drain to Biden administration comes at time of crisis for Capitol Hill

By Chris Cioffi
Posted January 28, 2021 at 6:00am
Illinois Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi worked on Barack Obama’s early campaigns for the House and Senate. The former president “was in the world of politics and public service for the right reasons,” Krishnamoorthi says.

Winning wasn’t everything for Krishnamoorthi. Then along came Obama

By Eleanor Van Buren
Posted January 28, 2021 at 5:30am