Confirmations of key officials in the Trump administration continued this week as Democrats pushed back on the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to make controversial cuts. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were there to capture the action.
Flowers are placed outside the U.S. Agency for International Development headquarters as employees and supporters protest in Washington on Monday, after Elon Musk posted on social media that he and President Donald Trump would shut down the agency. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Congressional Democrats, including from left, Rep. John “Johnny O” Olszewski Jr., D-Md., Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., enter USAID headquarters on Monday amid protests against the Trump administration’s plan to shut the agency down. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
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