The Dome of the U.S. Capitol is visible as a tour group of only two people on Segways, usually in a much bigger group this time of year, moves along the National Mall, in Washington.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., tears her copy of US President Donald Trump's s State of the Union address after he delivered it to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vice President Mike Pence is at left.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., tears her copy of US President Donald Trump's State of the Union address after he delivered it to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington.
US President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington.
The Capitol in Washington is seen as House Democrats prepare their impeachment case against US President Donald Trump charging him with abusing his high office by enlisting a foreign power in corrupting the U.S. election and then trying to cover up his misconduct by blocking the congressional investigation.
The Capitol is seen in Washington as Democratic leaders in the House are pushing ahead with formal impeachment charges.
Light shines on the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, prior to scheduled testimony from Constitutional law experts at a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on the constitutional grounds for the impeachment of US President Donald Trump.
Constitutional law experts, from left, Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman, Stanford Law School professor Pamela Karlan, University of North Carolina Law School professor Michael Gerhardt and George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley, are sworn in to testify during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on the constitutional grounds for the impeachment of US President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, addresses a Joint Meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington having been invited by the bipartisan leadership of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The U.S Capitol is seen at sunrise in Washington. The special counsel's report on how the Russians tried to influence the 2016 presidential election and any involvement with the Trump campaign is being boiled down to a summary of key findings.
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Vice President Mike Pence looks on, as he arrives in the House chamber before giving his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington.
First lady Melania Trump arrives for President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Eric Tump, left, Donald Trump Jr., center and Tiffany trump applaud as US President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington.
US President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, accompanied by from left, Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., and others, signs a deal to reopen the government on Capitol Hill in Washington. The measure now goes to the White House for President Donald Trump to sign.
Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., stand with President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., as Trump speaks while departing after a Senate Republican Policy luncheon, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Nancy Pelosi of California, surrounded by her grandchildren and other children raises her right hand as Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, the longest-serving member of the House, administers the oath to Pelosi to become the Speaker of the House at the Capitol in Washington.
The U.S. Capitol dome is seen past the base of the Washington Monument just before sunrise in Washington. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers faced a partial government shutdown after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion to start erecting a border wall with Mexico. Overall, more than 800,000 federal employees would see their jobs disrupted, including more than half who would be forced to continue working without pay.
