Congressional pins allow Capitol Police to quickly identify who is who—each chamber gets its own unique pin design. Typically, only people who aren’t members of Congress use badges to get ...

The House GOP leadership spent $40,000 on brand-new congressional lapel pins for each of its members. Every two years, all 435 members of the House of Representatives and the six non-voting ...

The news of the $40,000 splurge—sources with knowledge of the pin change confirmed the number to both Semafor and The New York Times—comes as Congress rapidly approaches a January 19 ...

Two pins — one that reads '1870' in white text atop a round black pin and various colored crayon-shaped pins with the Crayola logo — have garnered attention. Here's what they mean. 1870 Pin ...

S ome Republican members of Congress have been sporting controversial new pins on their lapels in the shape of miniature AR-15 rifles. They say the pins are symbols of their commitment to the ...

Some GOP lawmakers have been seen wearing lapel pins in the shape of miniature AR-15 rifles. Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde, who owns a gun store, has taken responsibility for handing them out.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus wore black pins with the number “1870” on them, which marks the year of the first known police killing of an unarmed and free Black person in the U.S.

As lawmakers attend President Biden’s State of the Union on Tuesday night, many are making statements with an assortment of pins on their lapels. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus and ...

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus honored the first documented police officer killing of an unarmed, free Black person in the United States by donning “1870” pins during the president ...

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and a number of other Democrats attending the State of the Union address wore black pins with the year 1870 on them in reference to the year the ...