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Assessing the damage at the U.S. Capitol: ‘You can see the broken windows’ Paul Schwartzman © Matt McClain/The Washington Post Workers put up fencing outside the Capitol on Thursday, the day after rioters entered the building. Outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Sheridan Harvey took out binoculars and gazed hundreds of yards in the distance, looking for evidence of the damage rioters had caused to a complex that is an enduring symbol of American democracy. “You can see the broken windows,” Harvey, a retired Library of Congress reference librarian, told her fr...

A day after the breach, D.C. residents and visitors — including Trump supporters — check on a symbol of democracy.

D.C. visitors, residents assess damage a riot left Paul Schwartzman, The Washington Post Jan. 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Workers put up fencing outside the Capitol on Thursday, Jan, 7, 2021, the day after a deadly riot.Washington Post photo by Matt McClainShow MoreShow Less 2of5Architect of the Capitol employees Raymond Andrew, left, and Yfrain Figueroa clean the building Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, the day after pro-Trump rioters breached the security perimeter and infiltrated the building.Photo for The Washington Post by Amanda Andrade-RhoadesShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5Mic...

For the Bhutto dynasty, campaign publicity posters double up as family photos Political dynasties are ubiquitous in democratic countries, even though many countries democratised to move away from hereditary rule. The Philippines, India, Brazil, Japan and Canada come to mind, and let us not forget the United States of America, which has produced political dynasties in such abundance that Stephen Hess at the Brookings Institution, wrote an op-ed titled ‘Political Dynasties: An American Tradition’. The Adams, the Tafts, the Bushes, the Kennedys, the Clintons, the Browns, and the Cuomos — t...

Perhaps Buttigieg Was the Perfect Pick David A. Graham Popular Searches Not for the first time, people are having strong feelings about Pete Buttigieg. President-elect Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he’d nominate the former Democratic presidential rival and mayor of South Bend, Indiana, to become transportation secretary, and the reactions were predictably polarized. Buttigieg’s fans heralded it as a great job for a young leader and a stride for LGBTQ representation. His detractors complained that it was a political favor for an unqualified rookie—though just a few mon...