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U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden walk on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, DC on Monday, August 8, 2022. Biden resumed official travel today for the first time since his bout with Covid-19, traveling to Kentucky to show federal support for the state's recovery from historic flooding and to console survivors of the devastation. Photo by Al Drago/UPI

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This week in Washington
Updated August 10, 2022 with 10 photos
President Joe Biden signs new laws to help veterans exposed to toxins and to spur U.S. production of semiconductor chips. And Vice President Kamala Harris meets with university and college presidents on access to reproductive healthcare, among the highlights of this week in Washington.
This week in Washington
Updated August 05, 2022 with 17 photos
The U.S. Senate passed a bill to help veterans exposed to toxins from burn pits. President Joe Biden isolates with a rebound case of COVID-19, speaking remotely on a new bill to increase U.S. production of semiconductor chips and explaining and a counterterrorism operation that killed al-Qaida's top leader, among the highlights in Washington news for the week of August 1, 2022.
This week in Washington
Updated August 01, 2022 with 22 photos
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., displays the signed Chips and Science Act bill. President Joe Biden is back to work in-person after his recovery from COVID-19. Former President Donald Trump speaks during his first trip back to Washington among the highlights of Washington news for the week of July 25, 2022.
Wall of Remembrance added to Korean War Veterans Memorial
Updated July 27, 2022 with 8 photos
A Wall of Remembrance has been added to the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington. It was dedicated in a ceremony on July 27, 2022, in observance of National Korean War Armistice Day. The wall features the names of more than 36,000 Americans who died supporting the war and more than 7,100 Koreans.
Vice President Kamala Harris addresses Indiana lawmakers on abortion rights
Updated July 25, 2022 with 10 photos
Vice President Kamala Harris addresses Indiana state lawmakers during a roundtable discussion on abortion rights at the Indianapolis State Library on July 25, 2022. The state legislature began a special session on a Republican bill to ban abortion.
This week in Washington
Updated July 26, 2022 with 22 photos
Former White House adviser Steve Bannon is convicted of contempt of Congress. Several Democratic congresswomen get detained at a march on the Supreme Court. Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska visits the White House. And President Joe Biden gets COVID-19, among the highlights of Washington news for the week of July 18, 2022.
House committee holds eighth hearing on Jan. 6 Capitol attack
Updated July 22, 2022 with 14 photos
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds the eighth in a series of public hearings in Washington on July 21, 2022. Former White House officials testified that President Donald Trump was unmoved for hours by the many pleas from aides, lawmakers, friends and family members to intervene during the riot.
Ivana Trump memorialized at NYC funeral
Updated July 21, 2022 with 11 photos
Mourners including former President Donald Trump attend the funeral for his first wife, Ivana Trump, at St. VIncent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church on Lexington Avenue in New York on July 20, 2022. The iconic New York businesswoman was laid to rest in gold casket. She was the mother of three of the former president's children, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump. She died July 14 at age 73.
Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska visits Washington
Updated July 20, 2022 with 11 photos
Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska visits the White House and gives an address to members of Congress as her husband, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leads the fight against Russia's invasion of the country. Here's a look at her visit to Washington on July 19-20, 2022.
This week in Washington
Updated July 21, 2022 with 22 photos
Herschel "Woody" Williams, who was the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, lies in honor at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. And the House Jan. 6 committee holds a seventh public hearing, among the highlights in Washington for the week of July 11, 2022.
Ivana Trump dies at age 73: a look back
Updated July 14, 2022 with 15 photos
Ivana Trump, the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of three of his children, died July 14, 2022 in New York at age 73.
Last WWII Medal of Honor recipient lies in honor at U.S. Capitol
Updated July 14, 2022 with 15 photos
Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams, the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, lies in honor at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on July 14, 2022. Williams, who recently died at age 98, fought at the Battle of Iwo Jima.
March Fourth rally to ban assault weapons
Updated July 13, 2022 with 7 photos
Participants in the March Fourth rally demonstrate outside the Senate office buildings, calling for additional action to stop gun violence at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. on July 13, 2022. March Fourth is a group founded for mass shooting survivors as well as their families that organizes demonstrations.
House committee holds 7th hearing on Jan. 6 Capitol attack
Updated July 13, 2022 with 18 photos
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds the seventh in a series of public hearings in Washington on July 12, 2022. This hearing seeks to connect former President Donald Trump to extremist groups.
A glimpse of deep space: NASA releases 1st images from James Webb Space Telescope
Updated July 12, 2022 with 7 photos
The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most powerful observatory ever launched, were released on July 12, 2022. The images are the deepest of the universe every taken.
This week in Washington
Updated July 12, 2022 with 19 photos
President Joe Biden signs an Executive Order on Protecting Access to Reproductive Health Services, former Trump administration White House counsel Pat Cipollone testifies before the Jan. 6 committee, Biden awards the Presidential Medals of Freedom to 17 recipients as well as Medals of Honor to veterans of the Vietnam War among the highlights of the week in Washington for July 4, 2022.
President Joe Biden awards Medal of Freedom to 17
Updated July 08, 2022 with 18 photos
President Joe Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to 17 people in the East Room of the White House on July 7, 2022. In addition to those pictured, Oscar winner Denzel Washington and Hispanic activist Raúl Yzaguirre were also honored.
Joe Biden awards Medal of Honor to Vietnam veterans
Updated July 05, 2022 with 8 photos
President Joe Biden awards the Medal of Honor to four U.S. Army soldiers, one posthumously, who served in the Vietnam War. The ceremony was held at the White House on July 5, 2022.
Scenes from Fourth of July in Washington
Updated July 05, 2022 with 11 photos
President Joe Biden hosts a celebration for military families and the National Park Service hosts a fireworks show on the National Mall for America's 246th Independence Day in Washington on July 4, 2022.
This week in Washington
Updated July 01, 2022 with 12 photos
It's been a heavy week for demonstrations on Supreme Court rulings and the death penalty, plus explosive testimony in the public hearings on the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. And Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in as the first Black woman on the high court, among the highlights of the week of June 27, 2022, in Washington.
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