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Balloons drop after Vice President Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech during the final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday.

Capitol Lens | DNC recap

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted August 23, 2024 at 12:14pm
Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota and Democratic vice-presidential nominee, is pictured on the United Center stage in Chicago on Wednesday after addressing the convention crowd. With him are, from left, his daughter Hope, son Gus and wife Gwen.

Capitol Lens | Wall-to-Walz coverage of Day 3 at the DNC

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted August 22, 2024 at 12:45pm
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama appear onstage inside the United Center in Chicago on Tuesday, the second night of the Democratic National Convention.

Capitol Lens | Rock and roll call — DNC, Day 2

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted August 21, 2024 at 12:48pm
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden wave to the crowd at the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Monday.

Capitol Lens | Democratic National Convention, Day 1

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted August 20, 2024 at 10:37am
Workers install a 2024 DNC banner to the exterior of the United Center in Chicago on August 14 as the city gears up for the for the Democratic National Convention.

Capitol Lens | Chicago prep

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted August 19, 2024 at 9:03am
Then-Rep.Tim Walz is pictured on the House steps after last votes on March 21, 2013.

Capitol Lens | Walz in the Capitol’s halls

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted August 6, 2024 at 1:14pm
House Oversight Chairman James R. Comer, R-Ky., and ranking member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., listen during a Secret Service oversight hearing Monday on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

Photos of the week ending July 26, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 26, 2024 at 9:55am
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

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 19, 2024 at 10:16am
Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, greets his wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, after he addressed the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday.

Capitol Lens | Republican National Convention, Day 3

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 18, 2024 at 10:21am
Delegates dance in the Fiserv Forum on Tuesday, the second day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

Capitol Lens | Republican National Convention, Day 2

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 17, 2024 at 11:39am
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, greets his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, in Fiserv Forum on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

Capitol Lens | Republican National Convention, Day 1

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 16, 2024 at 10:19am
South Carolina delegates Gerri McDaniel, left, and Cindy Risher pose for a photo outside of the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on Saturday before the start of the Republican National Convention.

Capitol Lens | Calm before the storm

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 15, 2024 at 11:01am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves Senate Democrats’ meeting with Biden campaign officials at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee headquarters on Thursday.

Photos of the week ending July 12, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 12, 2024 at 9:05am
Fourth of July fireworks light up the sky over the National Mall in Washington on Thursday.

Capitol Lens | Muggy for the cameras

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 8, 2024 at 2:19pm
Fourth of July fireworks light up the sky over the National Mall in Washington on Thursday.

Photos of the week ending July 5, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 5, 2024 at 10:39am

Capitol Lens | Folk it up

By Tom Williams
Posted July 2, 2024 at 2:36pm
Fireworks explode over the Potomac River with the Capitol Dome in the background, marking the end of Clipper Race Fleet Week at The Wharf in Washington on Tuesday evening. The 11-ship fleet from the biennial race was docked at The Wharf.

Photos of the week ending June 28, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 28, 2024 at 8:38am

Capitol Lens | Foster the people

By Tom Williams
Posted June 26, 2024 at 3:44pm

Capitol Lens | Show chopper

By Tom Williams
Posted June 24, 2024 at 4:13pm
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, the Democratic nominee for Maryland’s open U.S. Senate seat, greets a performer at the Scotland Juneteenth Heritage Festival at Cabin John Regional Park in Bethesda, Md., on Wednesday.

Capitol Lens | Juneteenth on the Maryland campaign trail

By Tom Williams
Posted June 20, 2024 at 2:34pm
Staffers roll Kodak the Bear from the office of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., through the basement in the Dirksen Senate Office Building to the Russell Senate Office Building on Wednesday. Marty the Moose and Kodak the Bear made their annual migration to the Capitol from their home at White Mountain Attractions in North Woodstock, N.H., to participate in the Experience New Hampshire reception in the Kennedy Caucus Room on Wednesday evening.

Photos of the week ending June 14, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 14, 2024 at 9:37am

Capitol Lens | House of Usher

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

Capitol Lens | 2 cents from 50 Cent

By Tom Williams
Posted June 5, 2024 at 3:49pm

Capitol Lens | Hail to the Chief(s)

By Tom Williams
Posted June 3, 2024 at 1:40pm
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
A double rainbow appears over Washington on Saturday evening.

Photos of the week ending May 17, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted May 17, 2024 at 11:46am

Capitol Lens | It’s Police Week

By Tom Williams
Posted May 13, 2024 at 3:35pm
Ducklings nap near their mother on the edge of the Capitol Reflecting Pool on Monday.

Photos of the week ending May 10, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted May 10, 2024 at 9:38am
The remains of Army Col. Ralph Puckett Jr., who was the last surviving Korean War Medal of Honor recipient before his death, are carried into the Capitol rotunda to lie in honor on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending May 3, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted May 3, 2024 at 10:07am

Capitol Lens | Honor guard

By Tom Williams
Posted April 29, 2024 at 3:47pm
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on the fiscal 2025 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building on Tuesday.

Photos of the week ending April 19, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted April 19, 2024 at 1:44pm

Capitol Lens | Former Sen. Bob Graham, 1936–2024

By Tom Williams
Posted April 17, 2024 at 3:16pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., gathered outside the Capitol along with tourists and staffers on Monday to view the solar eclipse. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending April 12, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted April 12, 2024 at 9:16am

Capitol Lens | Prime directive

By Tom Williams
Posted April 11, 2024 at 3:32pm

Capitol Lens | O’s face

By Tom Williams
Posted March 28, 2024 at 7:05pm
Peak bloom cherry blossoms frame the Capitol dome on Wednesday, the first full day of spring.

Photos of the week ending March 22, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 22, 2024 at 2:04pm

Capitol Lens | On a roll

By Tom Williams
Posted March 18, 2024 at 3:29pm
Former Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert K. Hur watches a video of former President Donald Trump during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday about his report on President Joe Biden’s retention of classified materials.

Photos of the week ending March 15, 2024

By Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted March 15, 2024 at 3:13pm

Capitol Lens | Blink-ed In

By Tom Williams
Posted March 11, 2024 at 6:02pm
Sunset light illuminates the Capitol dome in Washington on Saturday evening.

Photos of the week ending March 8, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 8, 2024 at 12:37pm

Capitol Lens | Tebowing

By Tom Williams
Posted March 6, 2024 at 3:07pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., reflected in a video camera lens, participates in a news conference after the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Thursday.

Photos of the week ending March 1, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 1, 2024 at 9:54am

Capitol Lens | Ode to Joe

By Tom Williams
Posted February 28, 2024 at 5:11pm

Capitol Lens | A Dunn deal

By Tom Williams
Posted February 26, 2024 at 1:45pm
The District of Columbia celebrated the Lunar New Year with its annual parade in the Chinatown neighborhood on Sunday.

Photos of the week ending February 16, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted February 16, 2024 at 9:25am
Former Rep. Tom Suozzi, thr Democratic candidate for New York’s 3rd Congressional District, waves after a campaign rally in Port Washington, N.Y., on Saturday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending February 9, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted February 9, 2024 at 9:58am

Capitol Lens | Born to Dunn

By Tom Williams
Posted February 8, 2024 at 2:12pm

Capitol Lens | State of decal

By Tom Williams
Posted February 5, 2024 at 3:56pm
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, apologizes to families of children who were harmed via unsafe social media platforms during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday about big tech and online child sexual exploitation.

Photos of the week ending February 2, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted February 2, 2024 at 2:24pm

Capitol Lens | A pic and a prayer

By Tom Williams
Posted February 1, 2024 at 3:37pm
The U.S. Capitol stands behind a frozen reflecting pool on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending January 26, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted January 26, 2024 at 9:34am
A child helps build a snowman on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol as snow falls in the Washington area on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending January 19, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted January 19, 2024 at 10:22am
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, center, gives a thumbs up in the Capitol on Tuesday as he rides an elevator with GOP Sens. Jim Risch of Idaho, left, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, right.

Photos of the week ending January 12, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted January 12, 2024 at 1:46pm
10:57AM: An image of President Donald Trump appears on video screens "stop the steal" rally at the Ellipse outside of the White House in Washington on January 6, 2021, as the Congress prepares to certify the electoral college votes.

The January 6th insurrection in photos

By Bill Clark, Tom Williams and Caroline Brehman
Posted January 5, 2024 at 11:46am
(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Capitol Lens: On this date

By Tom Williams
Posted December 20, 2023 at 2:02pm
2023 was a year full of historic moments and Roll Call’s photojournalists were there to capture all of the action.

Photos of the Year: Putting 2023 into focus

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 14, 2023 at 5:00am
Faith & Liberty holds its 20th annual live nativity in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday. The nativity scene included people portraying Mary, Joseph, the Baby Jesus, Wise Men, townspeople, and shepherds in first-century attire, along with Delilah the camel, a donkey and sheep. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending December 8, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 8, 2023 at 10:10am
Former New York Republican Rep. George Santos is seen in the Capitol on Friday before the House vote to expel him from the chamber.

So long, Santos

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 4, 2023 at 3:34pm

Capitol Lens | Honor This

By Tom Williams
Posted December 4, 2023 at 2:23pm
The November full moon, also known as the Beaver Moon, rises over the Capitol dome on Monday.

Photos of the week ending December 1, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 1, 2023 at 12:41pm

Capitol Lens | Steel curtain

By Tom Williams
Posted November 29, 2023 at 3:55pm

Capitol Lens | I’m dreaming of a White House Christmas

By Tom Williams
Posted November 27, 2023 at 1:40pm
Spectators look on as a D.C. Metropolitan Police officer stands guard on Constitution Avenue Northwest during the first National Veterans Parade in Washington on Sunday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending November 17, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted November 17, 2023 at 10:59am

Capitol Lens | Bussed a move

By Tom Williams
Posted November 15, 2023 at 3:51pm

Capitol Lens | Skate days a week 

By Tom Williams
Posted November 8, 2023 at 4:06pm
Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin rides away on his motorcycle after the last votes of the week in the Capitol on Friday.

Photos of the week ending November 3, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted November 3, 2023 at 2:06pm

Capitol Lens | Run this town

By Tom Williams
Posted October 30, 2023 at 5:29pm
Newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson, second from right, takes photos with members after a news conference on the House steps of the Capitol after winning the speakership on Wednesday.

Photos of the week: Speaker finally elected edition

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 27, 2023 at 1:07pm
From left, Reps. Tom Cole, R-Okla., Hal Rogers, R-Ky., and Steve Womack, R-Ark., look at their phones on the House floor during Friday's third unsuccessful vote to elect a new speaker.

Photos of the week: Speakerless edition

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 20, 2023 at 6:00pm

Capitol Lens | Reflecting pool

By Tom Williams
Posted October 16, 2023 at 5:47pm
House members take part in a vigil on the Capitol’s steps on Thursday to commemorate the more than 1,000 lives lost in Israel.

Photos of the week ending October 13, 2023

By Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted October 13, 2023 at 11:58am
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks to the media on the House steps of the Capitol after his motion to vacate the office of the speaker passed on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending October 6, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 6, 2023 at 10:05am

Capitol Lens | Pacific host

By Tom Williams
Posted September 25, 2023 at 1:50pm
A “danger” sign is posted at a work site on the East Front plaza of the Capitol on Wednesday.

Photos of the week ending September 22, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted September 22, 2023 at 3:02pm

Capitol Lens | Foam rule

By Tom Williams
Posted September 18, 2023 at 1:43pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announces he is directing the House to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending September 15, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted September 15, 2023 at 1:12pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell walks to his office on Tuesday after speaking on the Senate floor during the chamber’s return from the August recess. The Capitol’s physician said there is “no evidence” of a seizure disorder or stroke following the Kentucky Republican’s freezing at a news conference last week.

Photos of the Week ending Sept. 8, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted September 8, 2023 at 2:04pm

Capitol Lens | Jimmy Buffett and his flip-flops

By Jason Dick and Tom Williams
Posted September 5, 2023 at 1:54pm
U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger looks on as Wenling Chestnut, the widow of Officer J.J. Chestnut, touches his face on the plaque at the Memorial Door in the U.S. Capitol on Monday. U.S. Capitol Police held a memorial ceremony and moment of silence in memory of Chestnut and Detective John M. Gibson, who were killed in the line of duty 25 years ago on July 24, 1998.

Photos of the week ending July 28, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 28, 2023 at 2:15pm
Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, jogs past a PETA exhibit titled “The Council of Animals (What to Do About the Humans)” on the Mall on Monday. The steel-and-aluminum sculptures by artist Quill Hyde, with voice-over narration, pose the question “If animals spoke in a language we could understand, what would they say about us?” (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending July 21, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 21, 2023 at 12:43pm

Capitol Lens | Animal planet

By Tom Williams
Posted July 17, 2023 at 3:17pm
Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., tries to skateboard at the bottom of the House steps after final votes of the week in the Capitol on Friday. Staff took photos of Carbajal with the skateboard to mark the start of the X Games in his home district this weekend.

Photos of the week ending July 14, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 14, 2023 at 1:06pm

Capitol Lens | Crossed wires

By Tom Williams
Posted July 12, 2023 at 2:45pm

Capitol Lens | Going Fourth

By Tom Williams
Posted July 5, 2023 at 2:35pm

Capitol Lens | Summer holiday

By Tom Williams
Posted June 27, 2023 at 3:48pm
Union Station’s front entrance is draped with American flags on Tuesday in anticipation of the upcoming Independence Day holiday.

Photos of the week ending June 23, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 23, 2023 at 11:44am
A spectator sitting in the Republican section in Nationals Park reaches for a foul ball during the 2023 Congressional Baseball Game on Wednesday night.

Photos of the week ending June 16, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 16, 2023 at 10:00am
Senators and staff pose for a group photo in the Capitol’s Ohio Clock Corridor on Thursday to mark National Seersucker Day.

Photos of the week ending June 9, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 9, 2023 at 9:59am
Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, center, speaks during the House Freedom Caucus news conference outside of the Capitol on Tuesday to announce their opposition on the debt limit bill.

Photos of the week — debt limit edition

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 2, 2023 at 1:51pm
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia talks with reporters in the Capitol on July 11, 2011 before a meeting at the White House with President Barack Obama on raising the debt limit.

Photos of the week flashback to 2011

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted May 26, 2023 at 12:14pm
California Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia speaks to reporters about indicted New York GOP Rep. George Santos at the House steps outside the Capitol on Thursday.

Photos of the week ending May 19, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted May 19, 2023 at 2:03pm
New York Republican Rep. George Santos, who was indicted this week, leaves the Capitol after the last vote of the week on Thursday.

Photos of the week ending May 12, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted May 12, 2023 at 2:41pm

Capitol Lens | Upon reflection

By Tom Williams
Posted May 9, 2023 at 3:40pm

Capitol Lens | Ukraine honors VE Day

By Tom Williams
Posted May 8, 2023 at 2:15pm
Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, and Jim Risch, R-Idaho, talk outside of the Senate chamber in the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of week on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending May 5, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted May 5, 2023 at 1:17pm

Capitol Lens | Twelve years ago

By Tom Williams
Posted May 1, 2023 at 9:31pm
Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, reacts as his umbrella catches a corner as he walks down the House steps in the rain following the final vote of the week in the Capitol on Friday.

Paris in the spring, Korea in the House: Photos of the week

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted April 28, 2023 at 1:02pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, left, arrives for a news conference on the debt limit in the Capitol on Monday as Alex Nguyen, his communications director, looks on.

Photos of the week ending April 21, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted April 21, 2023 at 1:12pm

Capitol Lens | Ukraine strong

By Tom Williams
Posted April 19, 2023 at 4:57pm