capitol
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It was like being “dropped into somewhere completely alien,” said Vander Veen, who finished the race at the steps of the California state capitol in Sacramento.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Virginia is bordered by the liberal-leaning Washington, DC to the north where many residents work in the nation's capitol or for the federal government.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
At the Louisiana state capitol on Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Jeff Landry used his weekly press conference to address a topic of grave importance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
Direct-deposit payments to the legislators have been curtailed, forcing them to pick up their checks in person at the state capitol in Austin or go without the money.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025
As the day passed, cars and buses kept stopping alongside the moving procession, discharging new marchers who had flocked to Montgomery to walk the last few miles to the capitol.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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President Biden's Inaugural Speech (January 2021)
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