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This week in Washington (33 images)

President Donald Trump holds a bipartisan meeting with 25 members of Congress to discuss immigration, signs an executive order supporting veterans and the nation's capital gets ready to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Here's a look at photo highlights from the week of January 8, 2017, in Washington, D.C.



A man photographs the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial as fog rolls in off the Tidal Basin on Friday. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
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Visitors gaze on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial ahead of the federal holiday Monday celebrating the civil rights leader's birthday. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
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The MLK memorial is located in Potomac Park next to the National Mall. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
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President Donald Trump (C) speaks to the media alongside representatives of Congress to his left, Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., Senate Minority Leader Richard Durbin of Illinois, and to his right, House Minority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California on Tuesday. The meeting had 15 Republicans and 10 Democrats to discuss immigration. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
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