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Photos of the week | July 24-30, 2026

Troy Jackson, Maine Democratic nominee for Senate, speaks after winning the nomination at the Maine Democrats special nominating convention in Bangor, Maine, on Saturday. Jackson will challenge incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
Troy Jackson, Maine Democratic nominee for Senate, speaks after winning the nomination at the Maine Democrats special nominating convention in Bangor, Maine, on Saturday. Jackson will challenge incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 31, 2026 at 3:40pm

While the House was away on summer vacation, the Senate was busy. The late Sen. Lindsey Graham was remembered with a congressional tribute in the Rotunda. Maine Democrats found a new Senate candidate. Dr. Anthony Fauci pleaded the Fifth. And acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general hit a snag. Here are photographs of the action captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists.

Delegates listen to Troy Jackson, Maine Democratic nominee for Senate, speak after winning the nomination at the Maine Democrats special nominating convention in Bangor, Maine, on Saturday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Jackson attends a campaign event at Food AND Medicine in Brewer, Maine, after winning the party’s nomination on Saturday. Jackson will challenge incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., left, wipes away tears as the Armed Forces Body Bearer Team carries the casket of her deceased brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., up the Capitol steps to the congressional tribute in the Rotunda on Tuesday. Sen. Lindsey Graham died on July 11 from an aortic dissection. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., pays respects at the casket of her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., during the congressional tribute ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Mourners pay respects to the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., during a congressional tribute ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
The Armed Forces Body Bearer Team carries the flag-draped casket of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., down the Capitol steps after the congressional tribute in the Rotunda on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
From left, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is greeted by Sens. Jim Risch, R-Idaho; Roger Wicker, R-Miss.; and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., as he arrives to meet with senators in the Capitol on Tuesday evening. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci arrives for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., is seated in the audience to the right. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, nominee to be attorney general, leaves a meeting with Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, in the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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