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Photos of the week | April 24-30, 2026

Secret Service agents respond on the dais at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner after shots were fired near the ballroom of the Washington Hilton on Saturday night. (Jason Dick/CQ Roll Call)
Secret Service agents respond on the dais at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner after shots were fired near the ballroom of the Washington Hilton on Saturday night. (Jason Dick/CQ Roll Call)

A shooting at the White House Correspondents’ dinner, a visit from King Charles III, and contentious testimony from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth highlighted the week in Washington politics. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists — plus one from our editor-in-chief.

From left, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, and FBI Washington Field Office Assistant Director in Charge Darren B. Cox conduct a news conference at the Department of Justice on Monday about the suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner shooting. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Tennessee Democratic State Rep. Justin Jones takes a selfie with former Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, D-Ohio, during a protest rally as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the case of Monsanto Co. v. Durnell on Monday. The case looks at whether federal law protects manufacturers like Monsanto from local lawsuits that accuse its products of causing cancer. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman testifies on Tuesday at a budget hearing before the Senate Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
King Charles III arrives to deliver an address to a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
King Charles III waves after addressing Congress in the House chamber on Tuesday. Vice President JD Vance, left, and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., applaud in the background. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Temporary Protected Status holders along with union leaders and advocates rally as the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments in Mullin v. Doe on Wednesday. The case will determine whether the Trump administration may terminate the TPS designations. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and his wife, Jennifer Rauchet Hegseth, arrive for a budget hearing before the House Armed Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., conducts a news conference outside the Capitol on Wednesday after the Supreme Court limited a key provision in the Voting Rights Act and struck down Louisiana’s congressional map. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin testifies at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee budget hearing on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., center, walks past Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine before the start of the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department’s budget request on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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