President Joe Biden makes a statement on Israel and Hezbollah reaching a cease-fire agreement and pardons two turkeys for Thanksgiving, among the highlights of this week in Washington.

President Joe Biden pardoned two turkeys from Minnesota named Peach and Blossom during an event at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2024. The first documented turkey pardon for Thanksgiving was given by President John F. Kennedy in 1963. The event became popular when President George H.W. Bush pardoned a turkey in 1989.

President Joe Biden welcomes 2024 NBA champion Boston Celtics to the White House in Washington on November 21, 2024. Biden was gifted a Celtics jersey from stars Jayson Tatum and Derrick White.

Vice President-elect JD Vance holds meetings with President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on disaster funding needs. Republicans hold their weekly caucus meeting and credit card companies testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled "Breaking the Visa-Mastercard Duopoly," among the highlights of this week in Washington.

SpaceX successfully launched its sixth test flight of its Starship rocket from the company's private Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on November 19, 2024. Starship reached space and traveled halfway around Earth before landing in the Indian Ocean.

President Joe Biden holds the Classroom to Career summit with first lady Jill Biden and meets with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Israelo President Isaac Herzog. Republicans hold Senate leadership elections with Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., selected to replace Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as Majority Leader, among the highlights of this week in Washington.

President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden meet inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on November 13, 2024, as part of what Biden called a peaceful transition of power. Trump also spent time meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris visited Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., for Veterans Day on November 11, 2024. Biden took part in the Presidential Armed Forces Full Honor Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and offered remarks.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech from the Palm Beach County Convention Center at the Trump Campaign election night watch party in West Palm Beach, Fla., on November 6, 2024. Trump was projected to win a second term in office with 276 electoral votes, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris.

Voters in New York and Florida cast their ballots for the 2024 presidential election on Election Day, November 5, 2024. Businesses near the White House have boarded up to avoid of possible damage by demonstrators.

Death Valley National Park, situated along the California-Nevada border, east of the Sierra Nevada, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. President Bill Clinton, in 1994, signed the California Desert Protection Act, which established the Death Valley and Joshua Tree national parks.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden held a Halloween event to hand out candy to trick-or-treaters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on October 30, 2024. Jill Biden dressed up as a panda for the event, which drew local public school students and military families.

President Joe Biden meets with the President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, and hosts a Diwali celebration in the East Room of the White House, among the highlights of this week in Washington.

President Joe Biden meets with Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob and hosts an art and humanities reception. First lady Jill Biden introduces an enhanced public tour of the White House, among the highlights of this week in Washington.

President Joe Biden hosted an arts and humanities reception at which he handed out the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities awards at the White House in Washington on October 21, 2024. Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee and Idina Menzel were honored.

First lady Jill Biden has unveiled an enhanced and expanded public tour of the White House in Washington on October 21, 2024. The new tour will allow visitors to see previously off-limit areas, including the Diplomatic Reception Room and the library.

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, turns 60 on October 20, 2024. Here's a look back at her political career through the years.

Republican nominee and former president Donald Trump, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Attorney General of New York Letitia James and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attend the 79th annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York City on October 17, 2024. Vice President Kamala Harris made an appearance on screen in a recorded video.

President Joe Biden, along with former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, attend the memorial service for Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy, at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington on October 16, 2024. Ethel Kennedy died at age 96 on October 10.

The Radio City Rockettes practice their choreography for the 2024 Christmas Spectacular show during a training session at St. Paul the Apostle Church in New York City on October 15, 2024. The Christmas Spectacular show will run from November 8 to January 5.