Republicans carried on with their annual retreat this week, after member-doctors sprung to action when the Amtrak locomotive pulling GOP lawmakers to their West Virginia destination collided with a garbage truck on Wednesday, killing one of its passengers.
The previous night, President Donald Trump stayed on track during his first State of the Union address in the House chamber.
President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Teleprompters get some last minute adjustments Tuesday before Trump’s address. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Trump poses for a selfie with Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz in the House chamber after the State of the Union. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell arrives Wednesday for a dinner at the Republicans’ annual retreat at the Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows, right, talks with Wisconsin Rep. Sean P. Duffy and his wife Rachel Campos-Duffy on Thursday at the media center at the GOP retreat in West Virginia. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
South Dakota Sen. John Thune talks with reporters after he and Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers conducted a news conference Thursday during the GOP retreat in West Virginia. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Frank Mosley, 85, poses for a picture shortly after Trump addressed a lunch at the GOP retreat at the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia on Thursday. Mosley has worked at the Greenbrier since 1958. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
California Rep. Darrell Issa attends Thursday’s lunch featuring Trump at the GOP retreat in West Virginia. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Trump speaks at the lunch Thursday during the GOP retreat in West Virginia. From left, Thune, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, McMorris Rodgers, McConnell, Ryan, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)