Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House committee leaders hold a news conference at the U.S. Capitol after the House passed two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump Dec. 18, 2019.
From left, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) applaud during the lighting of the Capitol Menorah at the U.S. Capitol Dec. 12, 2023.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks alongside other Senate Republicans during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on the 28th day of a government shutdown, Oct. 28, 2025.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks with reporters as he departs a vote at the U.S. Capitol Dec. 3, 2025.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is seen in his office at the U.S. Capitol June 22, 2023.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill Dec. 18, 2025.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) looks on during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on the 10th day of a government shutdown, Oct. 10, 2025.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) part ways after a ceremony commemorating 600,000 American lives lost to COVID-19 outside the U.S. Capitol June 14, 2021.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her husband, Paul Pelosi, unveil her official portrait in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol Dec. 14, 2022.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), surrounded by other House Democrats, signs the Inflation Reduction Act at the U.S. Capitol Aug. 12, 2022.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) signs a budget reconciliation bill for President Trump's legislative agenda after House passage at the U.S. Capitol July 3, 2025.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other House Democrats arrive for a press conference in response to the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that indicated the court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade outside the U.S. Capitol May 13, 2022.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stops to deliver some final remarks as she departs her last press conference as Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill Dec. 22, 2022.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol May 23, 2023.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is swarmed by journalists as he departs the House chamber May 30, 2023.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) walks to the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol July 11, 2023.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol after returning from a meeting with President Biden and other congressional leaders at the White House to discuss the debt ceiling May 16, 2023.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on the 10th day of a government shutdown, Oct. 10, 2025. At left, a sign is displayed with an image of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and a quote from Schumer saying that every day of the shutdown gets better for Democrats.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) as he arrives for a meeting with senators at the U.S. Capitol Sept. 21, 2023.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) reacts after receiving the House Speaker's gavel from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 3, 2025.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) jokingly invites journalists to photograph his notes while other Senate Democrats react during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol May 3, 2023. This was an allusion to the photograph I took of his notes during a press conference the previous day, which broke a story about Sen. Dianne Feinstein's impending return to Capitol Hill after a sick leave.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) demonstratively hides his notes from me during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Sept. 12, 2023.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Capitol Hill July 13, 2021.
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) departs a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol Nov. 30, 2023.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol after he triggered a motion to remove Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his position as Speaker of the House Oct. 2, 2023.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol Sept. 17, 2024.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol Oct. 28, 2021.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Capitol Hill June 15, 2021.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) looks on during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on sanctuary cities on Capitol Hill March 5, 2025.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) with climate activists on Capitol Hill July 20, 2021.
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) speaks with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Capitol Hill after a bicameral hearing on the benefits of establishing a Civilian Climate Corps June 23, 2021.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Capitol Hill Aug. 2, 2021.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at the U.S. Capitol Oct. 19, 2021.
Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Capitol Hill during negotiations on the Build Back Better Act Oct. 18, 2021.
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) corrals her dog, Uma Furman, and her son, Ciro, while her husband, Dean Gluesenkamp, carries a stroller, outside the U.S. Capitol Nov. 15, 2023.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol Sept. 11, 2025.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) emerges from a vehicle as she returns to the U.S. Capitol after a nearly three-month absence while recovering from shingles May 10, 2023.
Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) take questions while standing with victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a press conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act outside the U.S. Capitol Nov. 18, 2025.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) is seen reflected in a mirror in his office on Capitol Hill as he takes part in a podcast interview with political commentator Glenn Beck May 20, 2025.
Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) confer during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Capitol Hill March 20, 2024.
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) takes a selfie with climate activists after a press conference on Capitol Hill Oct. 7, 2021.
House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) lights a cigar in his office at the U.S. Capitol Feb. 5, 2026.
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Chair Kay Granger (R-Texas) shake hands after a contentious markup on Capitol Hill June 15, 2023.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol after the House passed two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Feb. 13, 2024.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) is seen outside the U.S. Capitol Jan. 20, 2022.
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) gets caught in a rain storm on Capitol Hill July 21, 2021.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) speaks with reporters in his office on Capitol Hill Sept. 13, 2023 after announcing that he will not seek reelection.
An aide holds a copy of "How to Test Negative for Stupid," a book by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), as Kennedy, at left, speaks with reporters after a vote at the U.S. Capitol on the 20th day of a government shutdown, Oct. 20, 2025.
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson tears up while a senator discusses the historic nature of her candidacy during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill March 23, 2022.
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett boards an elevator at the U.S. Capitol after meetings with Republican senators Sept. 29, 2020.
People pay their respects as former President Jimmy Carter lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 7, 2025.
The casket of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is carried out of the U.S. Capitol as women lawmakers line the steps in tribute Sept. 15, 2020. Ginsburg was the first woman to lie in state in the Capitol.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry into President Trump Dec. 12, 2019.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs George Kent and Acting Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor testify before the House Intelligence Committee as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump Nov. 13, 2019.
Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee converse during a hearing on the impeachment inquiry into President Trump Dec. 4, 2019.
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) wears a mask outside the U.S. Capitol in reaction to the death of George Floyd and to prevent coronavirus transmission May 28, 2020.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) in his Capitol Hill office Dec. 11, 2019.
Paris Hilton stands outside the U.S. Capitol as she continues her advocacy against child abuse May 13, 2022.
Actor Matthew McConaughey is seen at the U.S. Capitol June 6, 2022.
Actor Angelina Jolie, a bipartisan group of Senators, and advocates hold a press conference on the Violence Against Women Act on Capitol Hill Feb. 9, 2022.
Actor Ted Danson gets arrested during a climate protest on Capitol Hill Oct. 25, 2019.
Actor Martin Sheen takes part in a Fire Drill Fridays climate protest on the U.S. Capitol steps Jan. 10, 2020.
Jane Fonda, flanked by fellow actors Joachin Phoenix and Susan Sarandon, leads her 14th and final Fire Drill Fridays climate protest at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 10, 2020.
Actor Mark Ruffalo testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Environment Nov. 19, 2019.
A protester is taken away by a U.S. Capitol Police officer after disrupting a House Energy and Commerce Committee markup on a budget reconciliation bill on Capitol Hill May 14, 2025.
The U.S. Capitol building is seen on the 17th day of a government shutdown, Oct. 17, 2025.