U.S. President Joe Biden leaves the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, March 7, 2024, to attend the 2024 State of the Union address. (For The New York Times)
The U.S. Capitol building is seen as the House of Representatives continues to work to elect a Speaker on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. The House of Representatives is meeting to vote for the next Speaker after House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) failed to earn more than 218 votes on several ballots, the first time in 100 years that the Speaker was not elected on the first ballot. (For The New York Times)
U.S. Congressman-elect Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to media during the second voting day for a House speaker on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. (For The New York Times)
Abortion rights and antiabortion advocates demonstrate after Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling in front of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, June 26, 2022. The Court's decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization overturns the landmark 50-year-old Roe v Wade case and erases a federal right to an abortion. (For The New York Times)
A shadow of a supporter of former President Donald Trump posing for photos is pictured during a “March for Trump” rally that echoes the false assertion that the presidential election was marked by fraud in front of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, November 14, 2020. One week after President Joe Biden's presidential victory brought about spontaneous celebrations in the nation's capital, a crowd that included the group Women for America First, right-wing activists and conspiracy theorists gathered in Washington, D.C., to contest the victory.
Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley (L) debates with presidential candidate and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy during the third Republican presidential primary debate at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, FL, on Wednesday, November 8, 2023. (For NBC News)
Activists and faith groups protest against covid-19 mandates and restrictions at a rally at Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, January 23, 2022. (For The Washington Post)
Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss (L), former Georgia election worker, is comforted by her mother Ruby Freeman (R) as Moss testifies during the fourth hearing on the January 6th investigation in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. The bipartisan committee, which has been gathering evidence for almost a year related to the January 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol, is presenting its findings in a series of televised hearings. On January 6, 2021, supporters of former President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol Building during an attempt to disrupt a congressional vote to confirm the electoral college win for President Joe Biden. (For The New York Times)
Republican presidential candidate and Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina speaks to the media after the third Republican presidential primary debate at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, FL, on Wednesday, November 8, 2023. He recently dropped out of the 2024 presidential race. (For NBC News)
Tourists admire the U.S. Capitol Rotunda ahead of the 2024 State of the Union address in Washington, DC, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (For The New York Times)
U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), a Democratic congresswoman from the Detroit area and the only Palestinian American in the House, reacts as U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks to support her during a press conference with Rabbis to call for a ceasefire and end to the Israeli attacks on Gaza on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Monday, November 13, 2023. (For The New York Times)
Students with Liberty University lead the march during the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Friday, January 20, 2023. (For The New York Times)
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) arrives and takes her seat at a business hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 11, 2023. This was Feinstein's first hearing after fighting a case of shingles and being absent from the Senate for almost three months. (For San Francisco Chronicle)
Laphonza Butler, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California’s choice to fill the Senate seat of Dianne Feinstein, is sworn in by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. (For San Francisco Chronicle)
CEO and President of Concerned Women for America Penny Nance says a prayer for former U.S. President Donald Trump after he addressed the Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee in Washington, D.C., on Friday, September 15, 2023. (For The New York Times)
(L-R) U.S. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) tape a podcast for building the MAGA squad power at the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (For TIME)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running as an independent presidential candidate, waves at the crowd at a campaign event in Annapolis, MD, on November 6, 2023. (For The Washington Post)
U.S. Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) laughs with Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) (R) after U.S. Congresswoman House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and members of the Congressional Tri-Caucus join House Democrats to hold a press event on the mass shooting at the Tops Grocery Store in Buffalo, NY, from the House East Front Steps on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 19, 2022. (For The New York Times)
People hold flags from the 'Field of Flags' on the National Mall, representing Americans who cannot attend President Joe Biden's inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, January 21, 2021.
Veronica Mata (L) and her husband, Jerry, cry as their daughter Faith testifies during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing, Examining Uvalde: The Search for Bipartisan Solutions to Gun Violence, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, December 15, 2022. Their 10-year-old daughter, Tess, was among the 21 people killed in the 2022 Robb Elementary School massacre. (For The Texas Tribune)
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally to support Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, and Doug Mastriano, the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Pennsylvania, ahead of the Nov. 8 Midterm Election in Latrobe, PA, on Saturday, November 5, 2022. (For The Washington Post)
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (For The New York Times)
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks as care workers and activists march to demand congressional passage of the Biden administration's "Build Back Better" infrastructure legislation during a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on November 16, 2021. (For Thomson Reuters)
A protester gets emotional as demonstrators from Women's March hold a rally to pressure President Biden to take action to protect abortion rights in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (For The New York Times)
U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA), a member of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, is reflected through his picture in his office at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, June 16, 2022. (For NPR)
Supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump kiss before a rally for Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, and Doug Mastriano, the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Pennsylvania, ahead of the Nov. 8 Midterm Election in Latrobe, PA, on Saturday, November 5, 2022. (For The Washington Post)
Women’s March holds a rally to pressure President Biden to take action to protect abortion rights in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (For The New York Times)
Former U.S. President and 2024 Presidential Candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Concerned Women for America Summit 2023 in Washington, D.C., on Friday, January 20, 2023. (For The New York Times)
U.S. Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally ahead of the Nov. 8 Midterm Election in Latrobe, PA, on Saturday, November 5, 2022. (For The Washington Post)
Ketanji Brown Jackson, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (For The New York Times)
Antiabortion activists rally during the 50th annual March for Life around the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Friday, January 20, 2022. (For The New York Times)
A child covers her face as people attend a "Free Britney" demonstration on the Ellipse, near the White House, in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, October 23, 2021. (For Thomson Reuters)
Demonstrators hold a #Stand With Ukraine protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s green light to a “special military operation” in Ukraine at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, February 24, 2022. (For The New York Times)
Domenic Santana from Miami protests outside of E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse before former President Donald Trump makes his first court appearance after being indicted on federal charges related to the transfer of power after the 2020 election in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, August 2, 2023. (For The New York Times)
Carol Joyner, Labor Project Director for "Family Values at Work" speaks to activists from immigration, climate, and other progressive groups as they hold a rally to call on Democrats in Congress to pass legislation on a range of issues, including green jobs and infrastructure, child care, medicare expansion and a path to citizenship for immigrants on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. (For Thomson Reuters)
Abortion rights advocates hold coat hangers, a symbol of the reproductive rights movement, outside the Supreme Court after a leak of a draft majority opinion overturning abortion rights at the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (For The New York Times)
Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) chats with Senator Jim Sasser (D-TN) during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. (For San Francisco Chronicle)
People outside the Supreme Court as the Justices listened to oral arguments that consider whether colleges and universities can continue considering race as a factor in admissions at the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C., on Monday, October 31, 2022. This case could diminish the number of Black and Hispanic students in higher education and the future of affirmative action admission practices. (For The New York Times)
Activists from Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations march to the White House during the annual rally “March on the White House” to call on the Black community’s resistance to police terror in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, on November 6, 2021. (For Thomson Reuters)
U.S. Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) celebrates after winning reelection in Fredericksburg, VA, on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Spanberger, the incumbent, was in a tight race with Republican contender Yesli Vega.
People react as U.S. President Joe Biden gives his first State of the Union speech from the U.S. Capitol at Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. (For The New York Times)
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) walks alone back to the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 19, 2022. (For The New York Times)