Updated: July 12, 2019 at 11:10 AM

This week in Washington (30 images)

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta announced his resignation amid controversy over his involvement in negotiating a deal in the Jeffrey Epstein case in Florida; Chairman of the Federal Reserve testifies before House and Senate Committees; President Donald Trump meets with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani in the Oval Office of the White House, the week of July 8, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer of New York speaks alongside fellow Senators during a press conference on the southern border and children detainment. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI

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Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta speaks at a press conference at the Department of Labor building on Wednesday. Acosta faces criticism over his handling of a Florida case involving Jeffrey Epstein after new sex trafficking charges surfaced in New York. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to Acosta on Wednesday asking him to testify about his involvement in negotiating the deal that put billionaire Epstein in jail for 13 months for sex crimes. Photo by Alex Edelman/UPI

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President Donald Trump gestures to Hudson Nash, a young child suffering from a kidney disease, as he delivers remarks at an event to overhaul the nation's organ transplants and kidney dialysis systems on Wednesday. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI

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Trump holds up an executive order to overhaul the nation's organ transplants and kidney dialysis systems after signing it. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI

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