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Roll Call’s 2025 news photos of the year - Roll Call

Roll Call’s photojournalists share their most memorable news images from the tumultuous and record-breaking year on Capitol Hill.

Roll Call · Dec 18, 2025

Barbara Rose Johns: The Teen Protester Turned Civil Rights Icon Honoured With a US Capitol Statue

Barbara Rose Johns, who led a student strike at 16 that challenged school segregation, is honoured with a statue in the US Capitol building history.

International Business Times UK · Dec 17, 2025

‘One of America’s true trailblazers’: Capitol unveils statue replacing Robert E Lee

Johns is known for protesting poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2025

Photos of the week | December 5-11, 2025 - Roll Call

While rock star Gene Simmons was on the Hill to testify, it's almost time to KISS this year goodbye as Congress has one more week to get its work done before a scheduled holiday recess.

Roll Call · Dec 12, 2025

Return to the Capitol: Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson To Reprise Their Roles in 'Hunger Games' Prequel

The Hunger Games prequel Sunrise on the Reaping will feature Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark alongside Haymitch Abernathy's origin story.

International Business Times UK · Dec 11, 2025

The Capitol is hard to navigate. Does it have to be? - Roll Call

A new proposal to improve wayfinding includes turn-by-turn directions and digital signs.

Roll Call · Dec 10, 2025

Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs in DC on eve of Capitol riot appears in court

A Virginia man on Friday made his first court appearance on charges that he planted a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of a mob’s attack on U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2025

Suspect in DC pipe bomb case said to have confessed in interviews with investigators, AP sources say

The man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack confessed to the act in interviews with investigators

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2025

FBI’s Dan Bongino tries to distance himself from pipe bomb conspiracy theories after calling case ‘an inside job’

FBI deputy director admits he was ‘paid’ for his ‘opinions’ as a right-wing podcaster after suspect arrested

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2025

US Capitol pipe bomb suspect says he believed Trump’s 2020 election lie

Brian Cole Jr makes first court appearance charged with planting two devices on 5 January 2021 in Washington

The Guardian - US · Dec 5, 2025