This week in Washington
Ivanka Trump makes opening remarks at a White House summit on child care and paid leave on Thursday. The House recently passed legislation granting federal workers 12 weeks paid parental leave. She ranked 42nd on the Forbes list. Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI
President Donald Trump makes remarks as a family from Colorado listens at the child care summit. Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI
Trump speaks at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday. Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/UPI
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
