Photos of the week | April 10-16, 2026

Virginia’s map referendum, Days of Remembrance ceremony, Melania Trump and a Nick Offerman appearance highlighted the week in Congress. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., flanked by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, and congressional candidate Tom Perriello, D-Va., speaks at the Virginians for Fair Elections rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday. Jeffries urged voters to vote yes on the map refrendum on April 21st. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick attends the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s National Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance ceremony in Emancipation Hall on Tuesday. During the ceremony, a Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the family of Benjamin Ferencz, who served in the U.S. Army during World War II and prosecuted Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg trials. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)