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Plebes begin their day at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on July 28 with a morning run at sunrise.

Photos: Plebe Summer in the COVID-19 era

By Caroline Brehman
Posted August 5, 2020 at 5:30am
Officers at the port of entry between the U.S. and Mexico on Aug. 23, 2019.

‘Blood on the Wall’ walks thousands of miles in their shoes

By Jason Dick
Posted August 3, 2020 at 12:30pm
UNITED STATES - JULY 28: Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, questions Adam D. DeMarco, Major District of Columbia National Guard, during the House Natural Resources Committee hearing on “Unanswered Questions About the US Park Police's June 1 Attack on Peaceful Protesters at Lafayette Square” on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Meet Congressman COVID — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted July 31, 2020 at 4:44pm

Capitol Lens | Art hoist

The hearse carrying the casket of the late Rep. John Lewis stops at Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House on Monday during the procession to the Capitol for his memorial ceremony and lying in state.

Photos of the week ending July 31, 2020

By Bill Clark, Tom Williams and Caroline Brehman
Posted July 31, 2020 at 1:00pm
Sen. Angus King, here at a committee hearing last week, may have lost some credit cards.

Sen. Angus King is looking for his money clip

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted July 30, 2020 at 12:52pm
Charles Houy, who worked for the Senate Appropriations Committee for 30 years, has completed his third Capitol Hill-based novel.

The appropriations process can be a real thriller

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted July 30, 2020 at 6:00am
Mattel introduced a new set of dolls this week, and people had opinions.

If campaign Barbie wants to win, she needs a bigger staff

By Kathryn Lyons
Posted July 30, 2020 at 6:00am
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and former Sen. Daniel K. Akaka, center, participate in a maile lei untying (similar to a ribbon cutting) at an event in Honolulu in 2016. Akaka died in 2018.

‘My boss had a front-row seat’: Tulsi Gabbard on serving in the National Guard

By Eleanor Van Buren
Posted July 30, 2020 at 5:30am
Earlier this year, the Capitol Reflecting Pool welcomed ducklings, like it does every spring. How is it doing right about now?

There’s algae in the Capitol Reflecting Pool (but things could be worse)

By Kathryn Lyons
Posted July 29, 2020 at 6:30am
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee pays her respects as Rep. John Lewis lies in state at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Monday.

Democrats honor John Lewis with ‘Good Trouble’ masks, inspiring copycats

By Kathryn Lyons
Posted July 28, 2020 at 7:07pm
When Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans unveiled the so-called HEALS Act this week, it wasn’t the first backronym to pass through Washington — and it certainly won’t be the last.

The art of the ‘backronym’

By Clyde McGrady
Posted July 28, 2020 at 4:38pm
“The Swamp,” which follows Matt Gaetz and other members of Congress through a year of deriding politics as usual, debuts on HBO Aug. 4. (“The Swamp”/HBO)

Matt Gaetz puts on his own makeup, and other lessons from ‘The Swamp’

By Clyde McGrady
Posted July 28, 2020 at 7:00am
UNITED STATES - JULY 23: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., throw their fists in the air in response to a reporter bringing up MLB opening day during a news conference in the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, July 23, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Nonapologies, the ghost of Schumer, and Fauci’s first pitch: Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted July 24, 2020 at 1:21pm
Demonstrators rally near the Capitol Hill residence of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday to call for an extension of coronavirus-related unemployment benefits.

Photos of the week: House and Senate work on virus aid

By Bill Clark, Tom Williams and Caroline Brehman
Posted July 24, 2020 at 12:32pm
President Donald Trump and former New York Yankees Hall of Fame pitcher Mariano Rivera celebrated opening day of the Major League Baseball season at the White House Thursday.

Role reversal: As Dr. Fauci pitches, Mariano Rivera chats up Trump

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 23, 2020 at 8:55pm
The Anthem music venue is pictured during the opening ceremony of the Wharf complex along Maine Avenue SW in this archive photo. The venue has been hit hard amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Performance venues might get pandemic aid as their doors remain closed

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 23, 2020 at 5:24pm
Sen. John Kennedy, here in May, hosted this week’s GOP lunch, which gave him a chance to talk about alligators and poop.

Gator done: GOP takes break from coronavirus relief debate to chow down on alligator

By Clyde McGrady
Posted July 23, 2020 at 3:51pm
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, walks down the Capitol steps in April. This week, after an incident on the same steps, she denounced a pattern of sexism in politics.

Ted Yoho is just the tip of the iceberg, AOC says

By Clyde McGrady
Posted July 23, 2020 at 12:19pm
Jamaal Bowman wears his Wu-Tang mask as he campaigns in New York’s 16th District in June.

Jamaal Bowman: ‘The police literally beat the crap out of me’

By Clyde McGrady
Posted July 23, 2020 at 6:00am
Cutouts of fans fill some of the seats in the Green Monster prior to the game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on July 21, 2020 in Boston.

‘We need the Blue Jays’: Hurdles remain ahead of baseball’s opening day

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 21, 2020 at 7:07pm