President Joe Biden hosts the Christmas for All Dinner, delivers remarks at the Brookings Institution and attends the White House Tribal Nations Summit along with Vice President Kamala Harris, among the highlights of this week in Washington.

Rock band The Grateful Dead, filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, musician Bonnie Raitt, and jazz trumpeter and pianist Arturo Sandoval were recognized for their achievements at the 47th annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington with a formal dinner and medallion ceremony. Harlem's Apollo Theater also was recognized. President Joe Biden hosted the honorees at the White House on December 8, 2024.

Elon Musk and the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency hold a meeting at the Capitol Building and Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. testifies about the attempted assassination attempts on President-elect Donald Trump, among the highlights of this week in Washington.

Sotheby's previews its New York luxury sales items, including jerseys and cleats worn by NFL great Tom Brady, in New York City on December 5, 2024. The live auction, which begins December 10, also includes dresses worn by the late Audrey Hepburn and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy.

President Joe Biden hosted the 102nd annual National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, the final one of his presidency, at the White House and President's Park in Washington on December 5, 2024. James Taylor, Trisha Yearwood, Muni Long and The War and Treaty performed.

A Stegosaurus fossil named Apex is on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City during a press preview event on December 5, 2024. Apex, which measures 11.5 feet tall and 27 feet long, will be open to visitors starting on December 8.

The 92nd annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting ceremony took place in New York City on December 4, 2024. Kelly Clarkson, Coco Jones, Backstreet Boys and Little Big Town performed. This year's tree is a 74-feet tall Norway Spruce from Massachusetts.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and members Alaska's Congressional delegation, along with Gov. Mike Dunleavy of Alaska, take part in the annual lighting of the Capitol Christmas Tree in Washington on December 3, 2024. The tree is a 80-foot Sitka Spruce from Tongass National Forest.

First lady Jill Biden presented the 2024 White House Holiday decorations in Washington on December 2, 2024. The theme for 2024 is a "Season of Peace and Light."

President Joe Biden makes a statement on Israel and Hezbollah reaching a cease-fire agreement and pardons two turkeys for Thanksgiving, among the highlights of this week in Washington.

President Joe Biden pardoned two turkeys from Minnesota named Peach and Blossom during an event at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2024. The first documented turkey pardon for Thanksgiving was given by President John F. Kennedy in 1963. The event became popular when President George H.W. Bush pardoned a turkey in 1989.

President Joe Biden welcomes 2024 NBA champion Boston Celtics to the White House in Washington on November 21, 2024. Biden was gifted a Celtics jersey from stars Jayson Tatum and Derrick White.

Vice President-elect JD Vance holds meetings with President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on disaster funding needs. Republicans hold their weekly caucus meeting and credit card companies testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled "Breaking the Visa-Mastercard Duopoly," among the highlights of this week in Washington.

SpaceX successfully launched its sixth test flight of its Starship rocket from the company's private Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on November 19, 2024. Starship reached space and traveled halfway around Earth before landing in the Indian Ocean.

President Joe Biden holds the Classroom to Career summit with first lady Jill Biden and meets with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Israelo President Isaac Herzog. Republicans hold Senate leadership elections with Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., selected to replace Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as Majority Leader, among the highlights of this week in Washington.

President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden meet inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on November 13, 2024, as part of what Biden called a peaceful transition of power. Trump also spent time meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris visited Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., for Veterans Day on November 11, 2024. Biden took part in the Presidential Armed Forces Full Honor Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and offered remarks.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech from the Palm Beach County Convention Center at the Trump Campaign election night watch party in West Palm Beach, Fla., on November 6, 2024. Trump was projected to win a second term in office with 276 electoral votes, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris.

Voters in New York and Florida cast their ballots for the 2024 presidential election on Election Day, November 5, 2024. Businesses near the White House have boarded up to avoid of possible damage by demonstrators.

Death Valley National Park, situated along the California-Nevada border, east of the Sierra Nevada, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. President Bill Clinton, in 1994, signed the California Desert Protection Act, which established the Death Valley and Joshua Tree national parks.