Photos of the week | April 24-30, 2026

Heard on the Hill Secret Service agents respond on the dais at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner after shots were fired near the ballroom of the Washington Hilton on Saturday night. (Jason Dick/CQ Roll Call) Posted May 1, 2026 at 12:17pm Facebook Twitter Email Reddit A shooting at the White House Correspondents’ dinner, a visit from King Charles III, and contentious testimony from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth highlighted the week in Washington politics. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists — plus one from our editor-in-chief. From left, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, and FBI Washington Field Office Assistant Director in Charge Darren B. Cox conduct a news conference at the Department of Justice on Monday about the suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner shooting. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Tennessee Democratic State Rep. Justin Jones takes a selfie with former Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, D-Ohio, during a protest rally as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the case of Monsanto Co. v. Durnell on Monday. The case looks at whether federal law protects manufacturers like Monsanto from local lawsuits that accuse its products of causing cancer.