Epstein files, return of the tourists, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visit and an annual Thanksgiving lunch highlight this week’s photos. Here are the images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists.
The ballroom construction project at the White House is seen from the top of the Washington Monument on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Haley Robson, who says she was assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein when she was 16, holds up a photo of herself as she speaks during a news conference with survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein outside the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks about the 2026 Congressional calendar during a news conference with House Republican leadership in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday. Also appearing are, from left, Rep. Nick Begich, R-Alaska; House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn.; and Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Ankit Jain, right, the D.C. shadow senator, and Oye Owolewa, the D.C. shadow representative, hold Free DC signs during a news conference outside the Capitol to oppose House bills that would undo D.C. laws and programs on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., escorts Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman through Statuary Hall to a breakfast meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., talks with reporters after the Senate Republicans’ lunch meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., flanked by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., during a news conference on the “Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025” in the Capitol on Thursday. The legislation would reverse SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) cuts. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)A line of staffers stretches down the hallway for the popular annual Thanksgiving lunch in the Dirksen Cafeteria on Thursday. Diners not opting for the holiday lunch could bypass the long line. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
