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People protest the president’s federal crackdown at a Free DC rally near the White House on Monday morning.

Statehood advocates look to Congress after Trump’s DC police takeover

By Justin Papp
Posted August 11, 2025 at 5:55pm
House food service workers say they face an uncertain future as new vendors come in, and the union representing them has filed a pair of lawsuits. Above, workers gather on July 23 to ask the congressional community to join a boycott.

As House dining shake-up nears, food workers take fight to court

By Justin Papp
Posted July 28, 2025 at 4:01pm
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attends the 2021 Met Gala in New York City on Sept. 13, 2021. The appearance sparked an ethics investigation.

House Ethics panel releases findings on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Mike Kelly

By Justin Papp
Posted July 25, 2025 at 5:33pm
Rep. Barry Loudermilk talks with reporters last year. The Georgia Republican sounded optimistic this week that he would soon be reinvestigating Jan. 6, 2021, as the leader of a new select subcommittee.

After delay, House Republicans hope to launch new Jan. 6 probe

By Justin Papp
Posted July 23, 2025 at 8:08pm
Chairman Tim Walberg, R-Mich. gavels the House Education and Workforce Committee to order earlier this year. The panel was one of two to take up a bill on Wednesday that would create a national framework as money flows to student athletes.

Should college athletes be employees? House panels say no

By Justin Papp and Allison Mollenkamp
Posted July 23, 2025 at 6:00pm
D.C.-related restrictions are a staple of appropriations season, but local advocates say things are trending in the wrong direction. Above, a man holds a District of Columbia flag in a House office building in 2020.

From traffic to vasectomies, Congress takes aim at DC

By Justin Papp
Posted July 22, 2025 at 2:56pm
The Capitol is seen behind a barrier earlier this year. House Republican leaders announced changes ahead of August recess meant to help lawmakers feel more secure while at home in their districts.

House ramps up security offerings heading into August recess

By Justin Papp
Posted July 22, 2025 at 1:16pm, Updated July 23, 2025 at 11:32am
When Congress works unpredictable hours, so do the officers who protect them. Overtime can be a key incentive to attract talent in a region saturated with law enforcement agencies, but some say the current pay cap system is overly complex.

Pay caps are a ‘slap in the face’ for some in Capitol Police

By Justin Papp
Posted July 16, 2025 at 4:38pm
Rep. Lori Trahan, pictured here in March, says the bill “would grant sweeping power to the NCAA and athletic conferences” at the expense of student-athletes. Trahan is a former Division I volleyball player at Georgetown University.

House subcommittee advances NIL framework for college sports

By Justin Papp
Posted July 15, 2025 at 4:37pm
Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Chair Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., seen here June 30, called the measure "a strategic investment" to improve security of Congress. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Appropriators advance Legislative Branch bill without GAO cuts

By Justin Papp
Posted July 10, 2025 at 6:14pm
Unite Here Local 23 members attend a rally at Spirit of Justice Park in D.C. on Wednesday. As the House switches from Sodexo to a lineup of new food vendors, many workers say they’ve been left in the dark.

The House is revamping its dining options. Will workers keep their jobs?

By Justin Papp
Posted July 9, 2025 at 1:59pm, Updated at 5:48pm
The House Administration subcommittee devoted to modernization and innovation has yet to hold a public hearing this Congress, but panel Chair Stephanie Bice points to work behind the scenes. Above, Bice climbs the House steps in 2022.

They wanted to ‘fix Congress.’ They still do, modernizers say

By Justin Papp
Posted July 7, 2025 at 4:59pm
An adult female and a 16-year-old male were also injured in the shooting, which occurred in Northwest D.C.

Intern for Rep. Ron Estes killed in Northwest D.C. shooting

By Justin Papp
Posted July 2, 2025 at 5:29pm
House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee Chair David Valadao, R-Calif., voted with Democrats to allow recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to work as staffers on Capitol Hill. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

House appropriators approve Legislative Branch bill with GAO cuts

By Justin Papp
Posted June 27, 2025 at 5:43am
The past two months have brought uncertainty for the Library of Congress, after the president fired two leaders there and now as House GOP appropriators float a spending cut. Above, visitors take pictures in the main reading room of the Thomas Jefferson Building in 2023.

Fresh off Trump firings, Library of Congress stares down a proposed budget cut

By Justin Papp
Posted June 25, 2025 at 4:44pm, Updated at 5:21pm
House Appropriations ranking member Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., seen here on June 12, said, “It’s astonishing that for all the talk about finding and rooting out waste, fraud and abuse, House Republicans would defund the watchdog that is tasked with precisely that role.”

House subcommittee advances Legislative Branch spending bill

By Justin Papp
Posted June 23, 2025 at 9:29pm
Capitol Police officers direct a jogger away from the Senate Plaza on Tuesday. The department has placed the plaza in restricted mode as a security measure.

‘We need more money’: Lawmakers call for security boost after Minnesota killings

By Justin Papp and Jim Saksa
Posted June 17, 2025 at 5:56pm, Updated June 18, 2025 at 1:45pm
Shootings of lawmakers in Minnesota have unnerved members of Congress, especially as some of their names appeared on lists connected to the alleged killer. Above, a Capitol Police officer is seen in Upper Senate Park in February.

Security concerns shake Congress in the wake of Minnesota slayings

By Justin Papp
Posted June 16, 2025 at 6:56pm
An overdue plaque is the subject of a new lawsuit, as officers who were at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, argue they should be honored like others who have protected Congress in the past.

As officers sue over Jan. 6 plaque, Democrats hang replicas 

By Justin Papp
Posted June 12, 2025 at 4:59pm
Michael Sullivan is a veteran of the Phoenix and Baltimore police departments. Above, he speaks at a public safety press conference ahead of Super Bowl LVII in 2023 during his time with the Phoenix Police Department.

Michael Sullivan named chief of Capitol Police

By Justin Papp
Posted June 4, 2025 at 7:48pm
A nascent Smithsonian museum has run into another potential roadblock as President Donald Trump takes aim at funding. Above, the Washington Monument and Smithsonian Castle are seen silhouetted at sunset.

White House bid to cut funding could spell trouble for Smithsonian American Latino museum

By Justin Papp
Posted June 4, 2025 at 5:56pm
Sean Gallagher, then assistant chief of the Capitol Police, testifies at a House hearing in March 2024. Gallagher was named acting chief after his boss retired, drawing a strong rebuke from the Capitol Police Labor Committee.

Capitol Police union comes out hard against acting Chief Gallagher

By Justin Papp
Posted June 3, 2025 at 6:36pm
Work is underway to replace the mural near the Longworth House Office Building cafeteria on Monday.

A new, ‘more evergreen’ mural is coming to the halls of Longworth

By Justin Papp
Posted June 2, 2025 at 6:12pm
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks to reporters as he leaves the Senate floor in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, March 13, 2025.

Congressional agencies look for boost amid government downsizing

By Justin Papp
Posted June 2, 2025 at 5:18pm
Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger said one of the biggest challenges for the force going forward is “to be protected from the political influence that sort of permeates this place.”

He took over a Capitol Police force reeling from Jan. 6. Now Chief Manger is retiring

By Justin Papp
Posted May 28, 2025 at 6:15am
Jalen Travis spent a summer on the Hill in 2022 and recalls informal debates with his fellow interns, saying “iron sharpens iron.” Above, he is seen at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis earlier this year.

Offensive tackle Jalen Travis was once a Senate intern

By Justin Papp
Posted May 27, 2025 at 1:00pm
As the Department of Justice negotiates a settlement in the wrongful death suit brought by Ashli Babbitt’s family, Democrats and police say it sends the wrong message to law enforcement. Above, rioters stand on a police vehicle near the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Ashli Babbitt settlement sends ‘sickening’ message to police, Dems say

By Justin Papp
Posted May 20, 2025 at 5:41pm
Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., flipped his seat last fall in a closely watched race, unseating Yadira Caraveo.

Gabe Evans still wears his police boots in Congress

By Justin Papp
Posted May 19, 2025 at 4:02pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries used a procedural maneuver on the floor Wednesday to call attention to an overdue plaque honoring police who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

‘It’s time’: Jeffries urges placement of Jan. 6 plaque during police week

By Justin Papp
Posted May 14, 2025 at 5:59pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, seen here arriving for a House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday, publicly threw his weight behind a push to ban congressional stock trading.

Speaker Johnson backs congressional stock ban, cites ‘a few bad actors’

By Justin Papp
Posted May 14, 2025 at 1:43pm, Updated at 7:37pm
The Library of Congress’ Thomas Jefferson Building is seen from the observation area at the top of Capitol Dome. A power struggle at the library has become an unexpected focal point for questions of legislative branch authority.

As Library of Congress crisis deepens, lawmakers tread carefully

By Justin Papp
Posted May 13, 2025 at 7:36pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, seen here in April, was slow to appoint members to the Office of Congressional Conduct, compared to previous House leaders.

After delay, Johnson appoints ethics watchdog board members

By Justin Papp
Posted May 13, 2025 at 5:26pm, Updated at 8:06pm
Donald Trump appears with Todd Blanche, then part of his personal legal team, outside Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan on May 29, 2024.

Trump taps Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as acting head of Library of Congress

By Justin Papp
Posted May 12, 2025 at 12:50pm, Updated at 7:16pm
Library of Congress head Carla Hayden is seen at an oversight hearing in 2019. She was abruptly fired by the White House on Thursday, sparking calls from some on the Hill to overhaul the appointment process.

Trump fired the Librarian of Congress. Now Dems want to change the hiring process

By Justin Papp
Posted May 9, 2025 at 6:16pm
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, seen here in 2020 at a budget hearing, has served in the role since 2016.

Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

By Justin Papp
Posted May 8, 2025 at 10:03pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said her proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico would solidify President Donald Trump's directive. Above, Greene cheers during Trump’s address to Congress in March.

House Republicans pass Gulf of Mexico renaming bill

By Justin Papp
Posted May 8, 2025 at 11:04am
For several years, a Dunkin’ in the Longworth House Office Building has hosted conversations large and small. Starting this summer, it will close up shop as part of a larger suite of changes.

Starbucks to replace Dunkin’ in House dining shake-up

By Justin Papp
Posted May 2, 2025 at 2:06pm
A line of storms moves over the Capitol earlier this year. Advocacy groups are crying foul over a delay in reconstituting the House’s independent ethics office.

‘Nothing but a pattern’: Ethics advocates alarmed by delay for House watchdog

By Justin Papp
Posted April 14, 2025 at 3:23pm
The House on Thursday passed a proposal led by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, which would require people to produce documentary proof of citizenship before registering to vote in federal elections. Democrats attacked the bill as a hurdle for married women who choose to change their last names.

House passes voter registration bill that would require proof of citizenship

By Justin Papp
Posted April 10, 2025 at 11:53am
Witnesses brought a range of proposals before House Legislative Branch appropriators, urging them to boost internal operations.

Outside groups call on Congress to buck the trend and invest in itself 

By Justin Papp
Posted April 9, 2025 at 5:47pm
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna reached a deal with GOP leadership, agreeing to back down from her bipartisan push to force a floor vote on a parental proxy plan.

House rejects proxy voting for new parents, chooses ‘pairing’ instead

By Justin Papp
Posted April 8, 2025 at 4:59pm
Rep. Brittany Pettersen, seen here in 2023 with her older child, recently gave birth and has traveled with her newborn to Washington to cast votes.

Luna’s proxy deal with leadership ‘not a win’ for moms, Pettersen says

By Justin Papp
Posted April 7, 2025 at 5:22pm, Updated at 7:55pm
The Washington Monument and Smithsonian castle are silhouetted at sunset in Washington on March 5, 2022.

Questions linger on future of Smithsonian museums on women, Latinos

By Justin Papp
Posted April 3, 2025 at 6:00am
A man listed as a special assistant to Sen. Cory Booker was arrested Monday night with a weapon. Above, Booker is pictured arriving for a vote in the Capitol in February 2024.

Senate staffer arrested for carrying unlicensed pistol in the Capitol

By Justin Papp
Posted April 1, 2025 at 6:18pm
Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, seen here in January, gathered enough support to bring down a rule that included a move to block progress on a parental proxy voting effort.

GOP’s bid to squash parental proxy voting fizzles on the House floor

By Justin Papp and Nina Heller
Posted April 1, 2025 at 3:24pm, Updated at 3:52pm
Rules Chair Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., left, is helping to block a proposal for new congressional parents backed by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., right.

With Rules maneuver, House GOP aims to kill parental proxy push

By Justin Papp
Posted April 1, 2025 at 10:32am
A report from an independent watchdog, released by the House Ethics Committee on Thursday, details allegations against Rep. Florida Republican Cory Mills.

House Ethics panel continues scrutiny of Rep. Cory Mills

By Justin Papp
Posted March 27, 2025 at 6:25pm
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is working to retain limited GOP support for her effort to allow House parents to vote by proxy after birth. Above, she is seen in 2024 with GOP Rep. Tim Burchett, another supporter of the proxy exception.

‘I’m not going to be bought’: Luna digs in on parental proxy voting 

By Nina Heller and Justin Papp
Posted March 27, 2025 at 3:52pm
Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger said the force has made changes in the wake of recent screening failures.

Capitol Police chief addresses ‘human failure’ that led to security lapses

By Justin Papp
Posted March 25, 2025 at 6:12pm
Capitol Police are reviewing screening procedures after a series of recent incidents.

Security lapses involving weapons prompt scrutiny of Capitol screening

By Justin Papp
Posted March 24, 2025 at 11:14am
Some lawmakers took notice when the General Services Administration posted, and then deleted, a list of buildings flagged for possible disposal last week. Many in Congress rent local office space around the country from the federal government.

Tentative plan to dump federal office buildings leaves lawmakers in limbo

By Justin Papp
Posted March 12, 2025 at 11:41am
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, seen here with her child in the House chamber on Jan. 3, is working to bypass leadership and bring to the floor a resolution that would allow proxy voting for new parents in the House.

‘Supporter of mamas’: Momentum builds for proxy voting for House parents

By Justin Papp
Posted March 11, 2025 at 4:58pm, Updated at 6:21pm
Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., has led House GOP efforts to reexamine the 2021 attack on the Capitol.

‘We’re burning daylight here’: Latest Jan. 6 probe slow to get off the ground

By Justin Papp
Posted March 7, 2025 at 10:34am
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, heckles Donald Trump during the president’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.

Rep. Al Green censured by House colleagues, sings ‘We Shall Overcome’

By Nina Heller and Justin Papp
Posted March 6, 2025 at 11:28am, Updated at 3:11pm
Enrique Tarrio, former leader of the Proud Boys, is seen after a Feb. 21 news conference at the Capitol with members of the Oath Keepers and other Jan. 6 defendents who received pardons or commuted sentences from President Donald Trump.

Jan. 6 defendants returning to Capitol sparks concern from lawmakers

By Ryan Tarinelli and Justin Papp
Posted March 6, 2025 at 9:46am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., defended his chief of staff on Wednesday after a post-speech DUI arrest Tuesday night.

Johnson has ‘full faith’ in chief of staff after DUI arrest

By Justin Papp
Posted March 5, 2025 at 5:36pm
Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., seen in the House chamber in January, chairs the House Administration Committee, which has jurisdiction over federal elections.

‘Election integrity’ still top of mind for some House Republicans

By Justin Papp
Posted March 4, 2025 at 5:16pm
Confusion, firings and freezes across federal agencies have constituents turning to their representatives in Congress for answers. Above, union members attend a “rally to save the civil service” near the Capitol on Feb. 11.

‘Overwhelmed and underwater’: Congressional staffers feel the brunt of Trump 2.0

By Justin Papp
Posted February 26, 2025 at 1:00pm
The Metropolitan Police Department said it could not provide further details about an alleged assault this week involving Rep. Cory Mills, seen here in March of last year.

Rep. Cory Mills under investigation for alleged assault; police response in question

By Justin Papp
Posted February 21, 2025 at 3:07pm, Updated at 4:31pm
In the first of two hearings this week, committee leaders defended their funding requests for the 119th Congress.

‘Constitutional duty’: House chairs make case for more committee operations funding

By Justin Papp
Posted February 11, 2025 at 3:42pm, Updated February 12, 2025 at 2:35pm
As editor of Roll Call, Tim Curran covered a changing political landscape and launched the careers of several young journalists. Above, Curran wears a Washington Nationals hat and a Roll Call shirt as he hands out awards at the Congressional Baseball Game at RFK Stadium on June 29, 2006.

Tim Curran, former Roll Call editor ‘who loved watching others succeed,’ dies at 57

By Justin Papp
Posted February 10, 2025 at 5:42pm
Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., is not amused by legislation aimed at Donald Trump introduced by his GOP colleagues, saying, “They want to get on his good side.”

‘It’s like a cult’: Democrats aren’t laughing at GOP bills honoring Trump

By Justin Papp
Posted February 6, 2025 at 10:42am
Rep. Brad Schneider is the latest chair of the New Democrat Coalition. “The path to the majority has always been through the New Dems,” he says.

‘Be that bridge’: Brad Schneider on his vision for the New Dems

By Justin Papp
Posted February 5, 2025 at 3:54pm
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives for the Senate Republicans’ lunch in the Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 21.

McConnell in wheelchair after fall outside Senate chamber

By Justin Papp
Posted February 5, 2025 at 3:49pm
Compared to the previous year, lawmakers and their families and staff saw more threat cases in 2024, Capitol Police said. Above, officers walk through the snow outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2025.

Threats rose again in 2024, Capitol Police say

By Justin Papp
Posted February 3, 2025 at 3:38pm
A car crash in Glynn County, Ga., took the life of a Capitol Police recruit officer over the weekend. Above, officers salute during a ceremony at the Capitol in 2022.

Capitol Police recruit dead in Georgia car accident, others injured

By Justin Papp
Posted February 3, 2025 at 10:39am, Updated at 3:22pm
An arrest at the Capitol on Monday involved multiple knives, Molotov cocktails and threats against officials.

Suspect arrested at Capitol with Molotov cocktails was targeting Trump’s Cabinet picks

By Justin Papp
Posted January 28, 2025 at 5:42pm, Updated January 30, 2025 at 12:45pm
A Capitol Police officer has been suspended pending an administrative investigation by the force’s Office of Professional Responsibility, after a man was found with a gun following a Capitol tour.

Man found carrying handgun after taking Capitol tour

By Justin Papp
Posted January 23, 2025 at 2:47pm
Rep. Brittany Pettersen holds her son at a news conference in 2023. Now pregnant with her second child, the Colorado Democrat has joined forces with Anna Paulina Luna to call for a proxy voting exception for new parents.

Grounded in Colorado ahead of birth, Pettersen is still fighting for proxy change

By Justin Papp
Posted January 22, 2025 at 7:23pm
Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., spent much of the last Congress reinvestigating the Jan. 6 mob attack on the Capitol. Now top Republicans announced a plan to keep his effort going.

Loudermilk to lead select subcommittee to keep probing Jan. 6

By Justin Papp
Posted January 22, 2025 at 4:32pm
An Architect of the Capitol worker spreads de-icer around the Capitol Reflecting Pool earlier this week, in advance of next week’s Inauguration ceremony at the Capitol.

Trump inauguration moves indoors as arctic chill bears down on DC

By Justin Papp
Posted January 17, 2025 at 12:48pm, Updated at 5:35pm
Some members of Congress are looking to Donald Trump to boost their hopes for a congressional stock trading ban.

Could a stock trading ban for Congress get new life in the Trump era?

By Justin Papp
Posted January 15, 2025 at 6:45pm
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks at the Democratic National Convention in August. Looking back on her first term in Congress, Crockett describes her approach as “authentic,” rather than “proper or polite.”

Jasmine Crockett went viral as a freshman. Now she’s gearing up for the Trump era

By Justin Papp
Posted January 13, 2025 at 5:09pm
A Capitol Police vehicle drives past a security fence on Jan. 6. The department faces a sexual discrimination suit that now has a trial date.

Capitol Police discrimination suit could go to trial later this year

By Justin Papp
Posted January 8, 2025 at 6:32pm
Visitors attend the public viewing of former President Jimmy Carter in the Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Capitol Police said they arrested a man trying to enter the Capitol Visitor Center with a machete.

Capitol Police arrest man with machete and knives

By Justin Papp
Posted January 8, 2025 at 4:26pm, Updated January 9, 2025 at 11:01am
Police officers walk through the snow outside the Capitol on Jan. 6. Security was heightened ahead of the counting of electoral votes by a joint session of Congress.

Police, snow descend on eerily quiet Capitol Hill for Jan. 6 electoral count

By Justin Papp
Posted January 6, 2025 at 3:37pm, Updated at 9:27pm
MPD Officer Daniel Hodges, pictured here in 2021, said he hopes he can “make it more difficult for the GOP to ignore the police who protected them” during the Capitol attack in 2021.

‘The truth still matters’: Why Jan. 6 officer watched Congress certify Trump’s win

By Justin Papp
Posted January 6, 2025 at 9:05am, Updated at 3:15pm
Rep.-elect Gil Cisneros, D-Calif., is seen outside a hotel in Washington on Nov. 12. He was attending new member orientation, but he is not exactly “new,” having served in the House before.

These ‘new’ members are boomeranging back to Congress 

By Justin Papp
Posted January 3, 2025 at 5:30am
Rioters occupy the West Front of the Capitol and the inauguration stands on Jan. 6, 2021. A plaque honoring police was supposed to be installed on this side of the building by March 2023.

‘At this point, I have no hope’: Injured officers, Democrats still waiting for Jan. 6 plaque

By Justin Papp
Posted January 2, 2025 at 3:26pm
Matt Gaetz, pictured here outside the Capitol in August, resigned from the House last month.

Bombshell report finds evidence Gaetz had sex with minor, paid for sex and took drugs while in Congress

By Justin Papp
Posted December 23, 2024 at 1:29pm
Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, D-N.H., is leaving the House but said she will keep up her efforts to elect new Democrats, particularly women. “Our party needs to reflect on how it felt to an entire generation of younger people that … the face of our party has been octogenarians,” she says.

Annie Kuster wants to lead by example. That’s why she’s retiring from Congress

By Justin Papp
Posted December 23, 2024 at 8:49am
Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, said Congress should not be “sneaking new member perks into must-pass legislation.”

Pay raise in stopgap funding bill a sticking point for some members

By Justin Papp
Posted December 18, 2024 at 4:19pm, Updated at 6:58pm
Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., led a reinvestigation of the Capitol attack as chair of the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee. Above, he talks to reporters at the Capitol on Dec. 10.

Rep. Loudermilk targets Liz Cheney, calls for more probes of Jan. 6

By Justin Papp
Posted December 17, 2024 at 3:54pm
What might the Capitol campus look like with a bigger Congress? An elevated walkway is one vision for that hypothetical future, according to a report published by Protect Democracy and POPVOX.

A bigger House? First of all, where would everyone sit? 

By Justin Papp
Posted December 16, 2024 at 10:06am
Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger, seen here in May, this week described an agency that has worked to address the failings of Jan. 6, 2021, and now turns to other threats.

Capitol Police close out post-Jan. 6 recommendations, call for more manpower

By Justin Papp
Posted December 11, 2024 at 9:11pm
Rep. Nancy Mace, seen here on Nov. 19, accused an advocate of physically accosting her this week.

Rep. Nancy Mace wears sling at the Capitol after saying she was ‘accosted’

By Justin Papp
Posted December 11, 2024 at 7:00pm
Before he worked on Capitol Hill, David Dorfman had a career in movies and TV.

How a ‘horror movie kid’ went from Hollywood to working in Congress

By Justin Papp
Posted December 9, 2024 at 4:34pm
Matt Gaetz is no longer a member of Congress, but many of his former colleagues still want to see the findings of an Ethics investigation into his conduct.

Republicans sink attempts to force release of Gaetz report

By Justin Papp
Posted December 5, 2024 at 7:36pm
Chelsea Manning and other activists staged a protest on the Capitol campus Thursday calling for transgender rights. Above, Capitol Police lead away detained protesters outside the Cannon Building.

Protesters urging Congress to ‘flush bathroom bigotry’ arrested after sit-in

By Justin Papp
Posted December 5, 2024 at 3:24pm
A staff member who works in the office of Rep. Joseph D. Morelle was arrested by Capitol Police on Monday. Above, Morelle is seen at the Capitol in November 2023.

Capitol Police arrest Morelle staffer after finding ammunition

By Justin Papp
Posted December 2, 2024 at 1:15pm, Updated at 5:31pm
Wade Ballou is retiring after more than 40 years at the House Office of the Legislative Counsel.

‘A different way of doing law’: For four decades, he drafted bills in the House

By Justin Papp
Posted November 21, 2024 at 6:30am
Chairman Michael Guest leaves the House Ethics Committee offices on Wednesday.

Ethics Committee won’t release Gaetz report, as Democrats turn to other tactics

By Justin Papp
Posted November 20, 2024 at 4:48pm, Updated at 6:54pm
Rep. Nancy Mace and Speaker Mike Johnson, seen here at a July hearing, now seem to be in lockstep on the issue of transgender bathroom access at the Capitol.

Johnson targets transgender bathroom access, throwing weight behind Mace

By Justin Papp
Posted November 20, 2024 at 3:26pm
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., talks with reporters before a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. Mace is targeting one of her incoming colleagues with a resolution she introduced this week.

‘A slap in the face to the first trans member of Congress’: Dems denounce Mace’s bathroom measure

By Justin Papp
Posted November 19, 2024 at 6:12pm
Matt Gaetz, seen here at the Republican National Convention this summer, is Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, the president-elect announced this week.

Show us the Gaetz ethics report, Durbin and others urge 

By Justin Papp
Posted November 14, 2024 at 2:17pm, Updated at 3:25pm
Rep. Nancy Mace, seen here in January, led a joint subcommittee hearing on Wednesday titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth.”

At packed UFO hearing, calls for transparency ring loud

By Justin Papp
Posted November 13, 2024 at 4:33pm
Rep.-elect Luz Rivas, D-Calif., talks with the media in D.C.’s Navy Yard neighborhood on Tuesday, as incoming freshmen arrived for new member orientation.

Incoming members of Congress descend on Capitol Hill for orientation

By Justin Papp
Posted November 12, 2024 at 1:14pm, Updated at 4:55pm
Aquilino Gonell speaks at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 21. As a Capitol Police sergeant, he was injured during the attack of Jan. 6, 2021.

‘He betrayed us’: Officers who protected the Capitol grapple with Trump’s return

By Justin Papp
Posted November 6, 2024 at 5:15pm
A view of the security fence near the Capitol in Washington on Monday, ahead of the presidential election.

Police arrest man who had torch lighter, flare gun at Capitol doors

By Justin Papp
Posted November 5, 2024 at 3:00pm, Updated November 6, 2024 at 11:01am
Election Day is typically quiet on Capitol Hill, but neighbors and business owners describe an uneasy feeling as they look ahead.

Looking beyond Election Day, Capitol Hill is on edge

By Justin Papp
Posted November 5, 2024 at 12:11pm, Updated at 5:49pm