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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives for the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in the Capitol on Tuesday.
Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, is congratulated by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., after a play in the first inning of the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Wednesday.
Workers on Tuesday set up a reviewing stand near the White House for President Donald Trump’s military parade, slated for Saturday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Hunter S. Thompson is pictured at the Democratic National Convention in New York City on July 15, 1976.
Iowa state Rep. J.D. Scholten is running for Senate. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)
President Donald Trump arrives at the White House from Camp David on Monday.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., talks with reporters outside the Capitol Hill Club after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
Bryan Bedford, nominee to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, testifies during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee in the Russell Senate Office Building on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
Former Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant is running for Congress as an independent.
Republican Sen. Dave McCormick and Democratic Sens. Maggie Hassan, left, and Elissa Slotkin converse in the Capitol on Tuesday.
Rep. Mikie Sherrill is hoping to become the first Democratic woman to be elected New Jersey governor. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
President Donald Trump watches a military demonstration Tuesday at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill faces five other Democrats in the primary to succeed term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Customs and Border Protection officers and the California National Guard are seen staged Monday in front of the federal building in Los Angeles as protesters begin to rally on the fourth day of protests.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in the Capitol on Tuesday.
Photojournalists surround Marty the Moose as staffers unload a freight elevator in the Hart Building on Tuesday.
Republican Rep. August Pfluger of Texas sponsored a bill, which the House passed Tuesday, aiming to overturn a local D.C. law that allows noncitizens to vote in local elections.
Former Maine House Speaker Hannah Pingree is running for governor.
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., arrives for a vote in the Capitol on May 13.