Photos of the week | March 13-19, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams

Posted March 20, 2026 at 11:17am

St. Patrick’s Day, a hearing on worldwide threats and a confirmation hearing for the nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security highlighted this week in the Capitol. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., stops to speak with reporters after a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., walk through Statuary Hall to the speaker’s office after the Friends of Ireland luncheon in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

FBI Director Kash Patel testifies at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., left, listens to Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., nominee to be secretary of Homeland Security, testify during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Ranking member Jack Reed, D-R.I., right, looks on as Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., checks his watch as he arrives for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Rep. Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, talks with reporters outside the Capitol on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Paxton defeat of Cornyn highlights Texas runoff night

A redistricting push targeted the seat of Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., seen here outside the Capitol.

South Carolina lawmakers turn aside redistricting push

Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., speaks during a Congressional Black Caucus news conference in the Capitol last month on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.

Federal court blocks new Alabama congressional map

“God save us if there is another pandemic,” said Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn. “These guys can’t organize themselves out of a paper bag.” (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Hantavirus, Ebola highlight political division over disease

At the Races: Choosin’ Texas

President Trump stayed in Washington this weekend amid speculation that a deal with Iran is imminent.

Heard on the Hill