With the House on recess, the Senate took center stage for a few days during this shortened week in the Capitol. Here are the images captured by the CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.
Fireworks light up the sky and the Washington Monument at the conclusion of the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary celebration in Washington. The Army commemorated its 250th anniversary with a festival and parade in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, June 14, which was also President Trump’s 79th birthday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)U.S. Capitol Police officers direct a jogger away from the Senate Plaza outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Capitol Police placed the Senate Plaza in restricted mode as an enhanced security measure with restrictions in place until after the Senate adjourned later in the week. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., walks away after speaking with reporters in the Russell Senate Office Building on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)A staffer in the Senate Reception Room watches Sen. Alex Padilla’s speech to the Senate in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Sen. Padilla spoke about his forceful removal from a press conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles last week. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference after the Senate Democrats’ lunch meeting in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Also appearing are, from left, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Padilla’s wife, Angela, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Padilla’s son, Roman, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)From left, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., conclude a news conference after the Senate Republicans’ lunch in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., speaks with a staffer during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing titled “The Department of Defense Budget Request for FY2026 and the Future Years Defense Program,” in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine also testified. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., talks with reporters in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday,. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
