The annual Congressional Baseball Game in mid-June marks the unofficial start of summer in Washington. Below are photos from Thursday night’s game as well as the rest of the week:
James Wolfe, a former Senate Intelligence Committee aide, leaves the FBI’s Washington Field Office after being booked on Monday. He is accused lying to federal agents about contact with reporters. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Fans celebrate the Washington Capitals Stanley Cup win on the National Mall on Tuesday. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to his Capitol office after the Republican Senate policy luncheon, which took place at the National Republican Senatorial Committee on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Jennifer Wexton — flanked by Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., left, and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. — speaks at her primary election night party at O’Faolin’s Irish Pub in Sterling, Va., on Tuesday. Wexton won the primary to face incumbent Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., in Virginia’s 10th Congressional district. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., leaves the House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington with his wife’s dog Pepper on Wednesday morning. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Reps. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., actor John Cusack, Luis Gutierrez, R-Ill., John Lewis, D-Ga., Al Green, D-Texas, Judy Chu, D-Calif., Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and others sit on the 14th Street NW, entrance to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday in protest of the Trump Administration’s policy of separating parents and children at the border (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., leaves the Capitol for the Congressional Baseball Game on Thursday. Scalise was wounded a year ago this day during the shooting at the Republican’s baseball practice in Alexandria, Va. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
U.S. Capitol Police Special Agents David Bailey and Crystal Griner, and former Washington National Jayson Werth, prepare for the first pitch during the 57th annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Thursday. The Democrats prevailed 21-5. Bailey and Griner helped neutralize the shooter who attacked a GOP baseball practice last year. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Scalise is congratulated by teammates after throwing out the first runner of the night. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Cedric L. Richmond, D-La., is cooled by Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., after Richmond hit an inside-the-park home run. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, tags out Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., at third base. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, has a word with Richmond after he tagged her out at home plate. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign chief Paul Manafort arrives to the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington, D.C. on Friday to appear in U.S. District Court for a hearing on whether his bail should be revoked. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)
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