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capitol

noun as in building or buildings housing chief governmental offices

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He added, “I do not support Netanyahu, never have. I didn’t go to either of his speeches in the Capitol.”

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Or, rather, at her campaign headquarters in Tucson, since she’s been locked out of her congressional office on Capitol Hill — the one her father used, which now has her name on a plaque outside.

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The government remains in partial shutdown as negotiations over a funding bill stall on Capitol Hill.

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While the animal still graces flags and emblems, it is technically extinct in California, according to the California Capitol Museum.

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Dozens of Democrats have urged Speaker Mike Johnson to reconvene the House to approve stopgap funding, but he hasn’t committed to House members coming back to Capitol Hill next week.

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