Photos of the Week | October 24-30, 2025

Photos of the week | October 24-30, 2025

Sadly there are no photos of North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis’ Bipawtisan Howl-o-ween Dog Parade this year — it was yet one more casualty of the government shutdown, which has entered its fifth week. While the House has not been in session since Sept. 19, the Senate continues to be deadlocked on passing a continuing resolution. Here are the images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., …

Government Shutdowns and Economic Pain

The federal government has been shut down for a month now.   The leftists primarily responsible for it.  The Democrat minority in the U.S. Senate – are hoping that, politically, the pain inflicted by this shutdo...

What Is the Government Shutdown Actually Affecting?

The U.S. federal government has been shut down since Oct. 1, and the shutdown has already become the second longest in U.S. history, rivaling the one in 2019 during President Donald Trump’s first presidency. The longer the government remains shut down, the more extreme the effects. Here’s how the shutdown happened, and its current implications for Americans. View this post on Instagram A post shared by C-SPAN (@cspan) via @cspan on Instagram Ev…

U.S. Senate adjourns for the week without ending the federal government shutdown

The U.S. Senate adjourned today without approving legislation to end the federal government shutdown and isn’t scheduled to meet again until Monday. That would extend the shutdown until at least its 34th day, which would match the longest funding lapse in U.S. history. CBS News reports that senators continued to express cautious optimism about bipartisan talks over reopening the government and passing longer-term appropriations bills, but there …