This week in Washington (16 images)

President Donald Trump (R) pardons Butter the National Thanksgiving Turkey, as turkey farmer Wellie Jackson handles the bird, during the annual Thanksgiving ceremony on Tuesday. Trump also pardoned an alternate turkey named Bread. Both birds will spend the rest of their lives at "Gobblers Rest" on the campus of Virginia Tech. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI

Trump signs an executive order establishing the Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives on Tuesday. Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI

U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr listens as the president signs the order in the Oval Office. Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI

The press pool take photos through a window in the briefing room as the White House is placed on lockdown on Tuesday after an aircraft violated secure airspace. Fighter jets were scrambled and a 30-minute lockdown was placed on the White House and Capitol. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI