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Capitol Lens | Senate seersuckers

By Bill Clark
Posted June 13, 2024 at 2:18pm
Rep. Jake Ellzey, R-Texas, scores in the first inning during the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Wednesday night.

Protesters run on the field while GOP runs roughshod over Dems at Congressional Baseball Game

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 12, 2024 at 10:59pm
From left, Reps. Val Hoyle, Jasmine Crockett, Jared Moskowitz, Melanie Stansbury, Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Andrea Salinas pose with footwear designer D’Wayne Edwards during a Congressional Sneaker Caucus event on Wednesday.

Sneakerheads in Congress grow their footprint

By Justin Papp
Posted June 12, 2024 at 4:59pm
From left, former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, wife Melania, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the vice presidential nominee, and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance, celebrate on stage at the Fiserv Forum on Thursday, the final day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis.

Photos of the week at the Republican National Convention

Capitol Lens | House of Usher

By Tom Williams
Posted June 12, 2024 at 3:33pm

Capitol Lens | The Bear Moose Party

By Bill Clark
Posted June 11, 2024 at 1:44pm

Capitol Lens | Here comes the Pride

By Bill Clark
Posted June 10, 2024 at 3:00pm
Rep. Roger Williams holds a trophy after coaching the GOP team to a win in the 2023 Congressional Baseball Game. “Why would an environmentalist not like a baseball game?” he replied when asked about climate protesters who plan to disrupt this year’s game.

Protesters prepare for Congressional Baseball Game as Dems seek redemption

By Justin Papp
Posted June 10, 2024 at 10:41am
Kids steal the show in this week’s Hits and Misses,

Child’s play — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted June 7, 2024 at 2:24pm
Rapper and businessman Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is greeted by former Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Capitol on Wednesday after Jackson and attorney Ben Crump met with congressional leaders about increasing minority representation in the multibillion-dollar luxury spirits industry.

Photos of the week ending June 7, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 7, 2024 at 1:19pm, Updated at 1:32pm
Veronica Baugh sits in the House barbershop in the Rayburn Building on May 22.

From cuts to candles, this Capitol barber has made her mark

By Justin Papp
Posted June 6, 2024 at 6:15am

Capitol Lens | 2 cents from 50 Cent

By Tom Williams
Posted June 5, 2024 at 3:49pm
Rep. Michael Waltz, seated in center, and other military veterans in Congress attend an April training session with the Round Canopy Parachuting Team. Waltz will jump from a C-47 later this week to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

These veterans in Congress will mark D-Day by jumping out of a plane

By Justin Papp
Posted June 4, 2024 at 6:15am

Capitol Lens | Hail to the Chief(s)

By Tom Williams
Posted June 3, 2024 at 1:40pm
Maggie Mahfood-Bradley, director of special projects for the CAO, and Bisher Martini, House Intern Resource Office coordinator, are seen in the Longworth House Office Building on May 10.

As summer interns descend on the Hill, this resource office is ready

By Justin Papp
Posted May 29, 2024 at 6:00am
Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Karen Gibson testifies at a May 22 budget hearing. Her agency has helped with security trainings at 43 senators’ state offices and is “working through” a pilot program to strengthen windows with ballistic film, she told senators.

Staffers bear the brunt of threats aimed at district offices

By Ryan Tarinelli and Justin Papp
Posted May 29, 2024 at 5:00am
A tour group is seen entering the Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday morning as sunlight illuminates the statues of Ulysses S. Grant, left, and Abraham Lincoln.

Photos of the week ending May 24, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted May 24, 2024 at 1:57pm
The “Mountains and Clouds” sculpture, seen here in 2019, stands tall in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building. But the “clouds” part is still in limbo.

‘We have half a piece of art’: Chris Murphy continues quest to reinstall Calder clouds

By Justin Papp
Posted May 23, 2024 at 6:15am
Austin speaks at his retirement ceremony from Arlington National Cemetery on July 21, 2023.

Congress appoints Army veteran Thomas Austin as new architect of the Capitol

By Justin Papp
Posted May 22, 2024 at 3:22pm, Updated at 4:18pm

Capitol Lens | Grant-ing access

By Bill Clark
Posted May 22, 2024 at 3:37pm
Willie Price had her car stolen this month several blocks from the Capitol. Above, she is seen during a September 2023 interview about what a federal government shutdown could mean for contractors in the Capitol complex.

‘I’m totally devastated’: Hill cafeteria worker recalls carjacking

By Justin Papp
Posted May 21, 2024 at 6:15am