Photos of the week | February 27-March 5, 2026 - Roll Call

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks to reporters on the steps of the Capitol after President Donald Trump selected him to replace Kristi Noem as secretary of Homeland Security on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

This week saw the outbreak of war in Iran, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified before Senate and House committees before President Donald Trump ousted her and announced that Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., would take her place. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.

The Washington Monument stands above the morning fog blanketing the Washington area on Feb. 27. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Protesters hold signs and chant outside the White House during a demonstration against President Donald Trump and strikes on Iran on Saturday. Trump announced that the United States and Israel had launched an attack on Iran Saturday morning.(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Del. Adrian Boafo, left, Democratic candidate for Maryland’s 5th Congressional District, shakes hands with Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., who is retiring from the seat, during a press conference to kick off a series of campaign events at Kenhill Center in Bowie, Md., on Monday. Hoyer has endorsed Boafo, his former campaign manager, to succeed him in the House. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and her husband, Bryon Noem, arrive for an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Capitol Police remove a protester who disrupted Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem during the oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., leaves Senate Republicans’ lunch meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in the Capitol to brief senators on the Iran war on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives in the Capitol to brief the Senate on the military action in Iran on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem recites the Pledge of Allegiance before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Ranking member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., displays a picture of Renee Good, who was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, while questioning Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday. Reps. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., left, and Joe Neguse, D-Colo., appear in the foreground. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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