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Photos of the week | September 19-24, 2026

Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, speaks with Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing for Dr. Heidi Overton, nominee to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, speaks with Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing for Dr. Heidi Overton, nominee to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted September 25, 2026 at 10:59am

Softball, Flock cameras and a visit from former Sen. Barbara Mikulski highlighted what was almost the last week before the election recess. The Senate will be back in session for one more week before full-scale election season begins. Here are photographs of the action captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.

Independent Senate candidate Brian Bengs of South Dakota, center, addresses a man who interrupted a news conference Thursday outside the U.S. Capitol calling on Congress to stay in session until the passage of legislation addressing AI and data centers. Independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn of Nebraska, right, and Bill Hill of Alaska, an independent candidate for the House, also attended. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Fans of Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., cheer during the Congressional Women’s Softball game at Audi Field on Wednesday. The annual game pits congresswomen against female journalists. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
House Chaplain Margaret G. Kibben recites a prayer with Team Congress before the Congressional Women’s Softball game at Audi Field on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
The Bad News Babes celebrate their win over Team Congress after the Congressional Women’s Softball game on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
During a celebration for her 90th birthday, which was on July 20, former Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., poses for a picture with, from left, Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J.; Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.; Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md.; and former Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
The Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery are seen from a plane flying over Arlington, Va., on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Lindsey Isaacs testifies during the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing titled “Always Watching: Flock’s Nationwide AI Surveillance Network,” on Wednesday. She was wrongfully accused of causing a fatal car crash based on an image of her car captured far from the scene of the accident. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
A group of visitors walks past the Capitol as a light rain falls in the Washington area on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
MS NOW senior White House correspondent Vaughn Hillyard is reflected in a window while broadcasting from the corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue on Monday. President Donald Trump had banned MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House grounds. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, speaks with Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing for Dr. Heidi Overton, nominee to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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