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Photos of the week | April 25-May 1, 2025

Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, grabs one last puff of his cigar as he prepares the enter the Capitol for the last votes of the week on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, grabs one last puff of his cigar as he prepares the enter the Capitol for the last votes of the week on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Congress returned to Washington on Monday from a two-week recess as the second Trump presidency marked its 100th day. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were there to capture the action.

From left, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, talk as they arrive for a vote in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., remarks “the tall and the short” as he runs into former Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., in the Capitol on Wednesday. Mikulski was visiting to have lunch with Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., shakes hands with guests after speaking about President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives for a media availability in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference on Trump’s first 100 days in office at the Republican National Committee headquarters on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., talks with reporters outside the Capitol Hill Club after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
A statue of George Washington stands in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
President Donald Trump poses with offensive tackle Lane Johnson, right, and head coach Nick Sirianni, left, during a ceremony with the Philadelphia Eagles, winners of the 2025 Super Bowl, on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
From left, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.; Maya Wiley, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., conduct a livestreamed conversation focused on “our common values, our faith traditions and the moral moment facing our nation,” on the House steps on Sunday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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