Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are supposed to be the grownups in the room, but a spat over a high school student's painting is revealing their childish tendencies-and the episode could have broad implications for race relations under President Donald J. Trump . Every year high school students across the U.S. compete to get their art hung in the Capitol where it's on display for the millions of visitors who walk through the complex annually, but this year one young artist's work has inflamed racial tensions among lawmakers and revived a debate over police tactics.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are supposed to be the grownups in the room, but a spat over a high school student's painting is revealing their childish tendencies-and the episode could have broad implications for race relations under President Donald J. Trump . Every year high school students across the U.S. compete to get their art hung in the Capitol where it's on display for the millions of visitors who walk through the complex annually, but this year one young artist's work has inflamed racial tensions among lawmakers and revived a debate over police tactics.