This week in Washington (14 images)

By Wade Sheridan

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.

Vice President-elect JD Vance and President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, leave the Russell Senate Office Building after meeting with Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI

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Hegseth leaves the Russell Senate Office Building after meeting with lawmakers. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on disaster funding needs at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI

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Chair of the House Ethics Committee Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., leaves a House Ethics Committee closed-door meeting at the U.S. Capitol. Members were deadlocked on a vote to release a report detailing their investigation into former Representative, and President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Attorney General, Matt Gaetz. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI

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