TOM BRENNER

Joseph Fons holding a Pride Flag, runs in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building after the court ruled that a federal law banning workplace discrimination also covers sexual orientation, in Washington. 

The U.S. Capitol, as seen beside the Iwo Jima Memorial site in Arlington, Virginia. 

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks to reporters during a radio interview inside the office of the Minority Leader on Capitol Hill in Washington.  Earlier in the day, Schumer attended a closed meeting with fellow lawmakers regarding the government shutdown as it entered it's thirteenth day.  

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stands before participating in a group photo with fellow committee chair members inside the Rayburn room on Capitol Hill in Washington.  

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) delivers remarks during a campaign event at Simpson College on February 1, 2020, in Indianola, Iowa. Senator Sanders held the event days ahead of the Iowa Caucuses. 

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerome Nadler (D-N.Y.) checks his watch as Ranking Member Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) reacts during a brief recess, as the House Judiciary Committee holds its markup of articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. 

Television news cameras stand along a hallway following a press conference with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA.) on Capitol Hill in Washington. 

Cows graze in a nearby field as Presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tours the Rossman Family Farm in Harlan, Iowa.  Warren made several campaign stops in Western Iowa ahead of the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

The talons of a giant inflatable U.S. flag-themed eagle hang in the air, as the U.S. Capitol building is seen in the background, during Independence Day celebrations in Washington, D.C.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) is joined by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) as she speaks to protestors demonstrating against the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh outside the Supreme Court in Washington. 

U.S. Congressman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) is seen through a reporter's glasses after departing from meeting inside the Senate Majority Leader's office amid President Trump's congressional Impeachment trial, on Capitol Hill in Washington.  Meadows would later move on to become the White House Chief of Staff. 

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), foreground, listens as President Donald Trump delivers remarks during his State of the Union Address on Capitol Hill in Washington.  Congressional rules, which stated for the past 181 years that no member could wear headwear of any type were changed to allow Omar to wear a religious head covering on the floor of the House of Representatives.

Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) joins in a group prayer lead by local faith leaders during a Senate re-election campaign stop in St. Louis, Missouri.  

Demonstrators hold up signs representing the 11,400 victims of gun violence discussed by congressional members during a press conference with Democratic Lawmakers on gun violence, along the east front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), looks on at Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) at right, during a verbal spar with fellow congressman Mark Meadows, (R-N.C.); not pictured. At the time of this photo, White House Special Counselor Kellyanne Conway failed to appear before the committee to testify about her alleged violations of the Hatch Act, in which she was later issued a subpoena by the committee as a result of her absence. 

The coffin of Senator John McCain (R-AZ) arrives at Andrews Air Force Base at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. Earlier in the day, thousands of Arizonans gathered for a service honoring the late senator, who was eulogized by former Vice President Joe Biden.

A worker dusts around the entrance of the offices of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Demonstrators stand in silent protest dressed as characters from "The Handmaid's Tale," in the Hart Senate Office Building, nearby where Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 5, 2018

Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) makes a face for the camera as the Senate Members Only elevator door closes on Capitol Hill in Washington. 

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes his seat before testifying to the U.S. Senate during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.  

A white rose rests on the seat of the late Senator John S. McCain (R-AZ) before the start of a Senate Committee on Armed Services on Capitol Hill in Washington.