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This week in Washington (46 images)

Rev. Billy Graham is honored at a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, President Donald Trump meets with bipartisan congress members to discuss gun safety and survivor advocates testify before Homeland Security and Investigations hearing the week of February 26, 2018, in Washington, D.C.



North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper pays respects. Graham's body will return to North Carolina for a funeral Friday near his hometown of Charlotte. He will be buried beside his wife, Ruth McCue Bell, at the foot of the cross-shaped brick walkway in the prayer garden on the Billy Graham Library grounds. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/UPI
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President Donald Trump (R), first lady Melania Trump (C) and Vice President Mike Pence listen to remarks during the ceremony. Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI
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Former Senator and Governor Chuck Robb (L) and his wife Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, await the start of the ceremony. Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI
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From left to right, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin chat as they await the start of the ceremony. Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI
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