Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has engaged in a public campaign to appear less reliant on U.S. military aid as President Trump urges allies to contribute more meaningfully to their own defense.

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed greeting the audience at his election watch party in Detroit.

Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, during a cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday.

Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, at the Capitol this week.

Todd Blanche, according to current and former officials, understands that coping with President Trump’s demands, rages and U-turns is the price to pay for rising in his orbit.

Senator Mitch McConnell heading to a vote in May.

The campaign headquarters of Graham Platner in Ellsworth, Maine, this week.

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has been widely seen as attempting to burnish his legacy this year by anointing a new generation of progressive leaders, including Graham Platner of Maine.

Senate Republicans are muscling through legislation to provide more than $70 billion by employing a special budget exemption that was never intended to be used this way.

Representative Chip Roy, Republican of Texas, center, with other members of the House Freedom Caucus at the Capitol on Friday.

Senator John Cornyn of Texas, a four-term Republican Senator, is spending record sums to try to fend off a primary challenge from Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general, who is beloved by the MAGA base.

“We do not have U.S. armed forces in Venezuela, and we are not occupying that country,” Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday.

President Trump’s two vetoes were the first of his second term.

A Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago last week on the first day of the government shutdown.

Representative Jim Jordan, rear row, right, is among the leaders requesting that college consulting firms share information about their pricing algorithms, among other issues.