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)

Trump expressing concern about GOP midterm chances

Demonstrators rally against oil corporations involved in the suit against Colorado municipalities outside of the Supreme Court Building on Monday. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

State climate suits face skeptical Supreme Court

Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss scores a touchdown during the Rebels' win over the visiting LSU Tigers at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Sept. 19 in Oxford, Miss. (Justin Ford/Getty Images)

Employee question could stall Senate college sports bill at midfield in House

President Donald Trump departs the Senate Republicans’ lunch meeting in the Capitol on June 24.

As Congress leans on ‘pro formas,’ bills become law without Trump signature

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries conducts a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 17.

Jeffries says Democrats are poised to win the House majority

President Donald Trump participates in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new helipad on the South Lawn of the White House on Sept. 21.

Heard on the Hill