the Capitol

noun

: the building in which the U.S. Congress meets in Washington, D.C.

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In other State Democracy Defenders Fund lawsuits, one federal judge limited DOGE access to Treasury data and another judge temporarily blocked the public release of the names of FBI agents who investigated the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. —

Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025 Eventually, One Montgomery could become the San Francisco version of the Capitol Tower that Ghazi envisioned all those years ago. —

Dan Rys, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025 Mace declined additional comment to reporters in the Capitol after the speech. —

CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025 The Republicans in attendance arrived just in time for the vote series beginning at 4 p.m., but Netanyahu was seen leaving the Capitol about an hour before that. —

Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for the Capitol