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Photos of the week | October 3-9, 2025

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., conclude a news conference in the Capitol's Statuary Hall on the third day of the government shutdown on Friday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., conclude a news conference in the Capitol's Statuary Hall on the third day of the government shutdown on Friday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 10, 2025 at 9:42am

As the government shutdown entered its second week and the parties remained dug in, House and Senate leaders spent much of the time holding daily news conferences and events to push their narratives. Here are the images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference on the third day of the government shutdown in the Capitol Visitor Center on Oct. 3. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
The partially demolished Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium is seen with the Capitol and the Washington Monument in the background on Monday. The new Commanders stadium, expected to open in 2030, will be built on the site. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is reflected in a mirror as he conducts a news conference in the Capitol on the seventh day of the government shutdown on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Attorney General Pamela Bondi testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., watches as Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at a news conference on the government shutdown in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives in the Senate Press Gallery to speak with reporters in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., right, confronts House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., in the Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday about signing on to a bill that would extend certain health care tax credits. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., talks with Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., after he spoke during a rally with faith leaders to call for the renewal of Affordable Care Act premium tax credits and end the government shutdown, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill on Thursday. Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Steven Horsford, D-Nev., also appear. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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