This week in Washington
Attendees take photos with their smart phones at the reception on Wednesday. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
A guest sports a Trump yarmulke. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Trump holds up an executive order combating anti-Semitism, which he signed at a Hanukkah event on Wednesday. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Rep. Jim Jordan (C), R-Ohio, reviews notes as the House Judiciary Committee holds a preliminary meeting to discuss procedures leading to drafting articles of impeachment against Trump on Wednesday evening. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Rep Louie Gohmert (R), R-Texas, delivers remarks during the impeachment hearing. The House Judiciary Committee has written two articles of impeachment, accusing Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Photo by Shawn Thew/UPI
People hold photos of loved ones who died in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 Max 8 crash as Stephen Dickson, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, testifies during a hearing in Congress on Wednesday. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Horowitz is testifying on the FBI's investigation into possible Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and President Donald Trump's campaign. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announces that the benchmark
interest rate will remain unchanged, at a range of 1.5-1.75 percent on Wednesday. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Trump speaks to the media on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday as he departs for a re-election
campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Tuesday night. Photo by Stefani Reynolds/UPI
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov departs the White House after meeting with Trump on Tuesday. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., speaks Tuesday about impeachment charges against Trump, for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Photo by Greg Nash/UPI
Vice President Mike Pence and Trump participate in a round-table discussion on education, which focused on "school choice" efforts. Pence said he supported
voucher programs as governor of Indiana. Photo by Sarah Silbiger/UPI
Trump and Pence participate in the meeting on education at the White House on Monday. Photo by Sarah Silbiger/UPI
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., reads excerpts of the Department of Justice
Inspector General's report about the origins and handling of the 2016 election Russia investigation on Monday. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
The report concluded the FBI did not act improperly in handling the probe of Trump's campaign. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks about the report on Monday. He said Republicans are pushing
"baseless conspiracy theories." Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., ranking member Doug Collins, R-Ga., and other members
listen to testimony from Democratic staff attorney Daniel Goldman at a committee hearing on impeachment. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/UPI
A demonstrator interrupts a House Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearing on Monday. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/UPI
Lawyers for the House intelligence committee Stephen Castor (L) representing Republicans, and Goldman, representing Democrats, are sworn in before testifying on Monday. Photo by Alex Wong/UPI
Nadler and Collins listen to Goldman's statement on Monday. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/UPI
