It was another busy week on Capitol Hill — and a whirlwind week on the campaign trail — with contentious hearings on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, Democrats endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris after President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid, an address from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then the House leaving town a week early. CQ Roll Call’s photojournalists were there to capture the action.
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., hold a news conference on Tuesday to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee for president. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)FBI Director Christopher Wray is sworn in for a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday. Wray fielded questions about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, greets Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., before addressing a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Elon Musk listens to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress in the House chamber on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., holds a sign saying “guilty of genocide” during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md., applaud as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to Congress on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)National Park Service workers replace one of the American flags outside Union Station on Thursday morning, removed during the protests surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Ronald Rowe, acting director of the Secret Service, leaves the Capitol after a briefing with senators on Thursday. The former director, Kimberly Cheatle, resigned on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Jeff Jackson, D-N.C., bikes away from the Capitol as the House began its summer recess after the last votes of the week on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
