Ukraine, Mardi Gras, NOAA layoffs and of course the longest presidential address to Congress in history were some of the highlights of the week in Washington. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were on hand to document the action.
A servicemember straightens a Ukrainian flag before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives for his explosive meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 28. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks at a rally outside National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration headquarters in Silver Spring, Md., on Monday to oppose the cuts to the NOAA federal workforce. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)First lady Melania Trump arrives in the Capitol on Monday to attend a roundtable discussion on legislation to address revenge porn. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Capitol Police officers secure the alley outside the Republican National Committee headquarters during a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., hands out king cake to reporters to celebrate Mardi Gras during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters on Tuesday. Also appearing are, from left, House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)President Donald Trump arrives to deliver his address to a joint session of Congress in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., holds a sign behind President Donald Trump before he delivered his address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, heckles President Donald Trump during his address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber on Tuesday. The House voted to censure Green on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)President Donald Trump delivers an address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber on Tuesday. Seated behind him are Vice President JD Vance, left, and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., holds a sign as President Donald Trump delivers his address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Dr. Catherine Su, wife of Jayanta Bhattacharya, the nominee for director of the National Institutes of Health, straightens his tie at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the Dirksen office building on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., plays with Lady, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, on the House steps after the last votes of the week on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
