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Photos of the week | October 10-16, 2025

Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., and his English bulldog, Babydog, pose for photos during Babydog's 6th birthday party in the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., and his English bulldog, Babydog, pose for photos during Babydog's 6th birthday party in the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 17, 2025 at 9:46am

With the government shutdown entering its third week and no end in sight, congressional action mostly consisted of dueling leadership news conferences this week. Of course, the Capitol community did pause (or paws) to celebrate Babydog’s 6th birthday. Here are the images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, conduct a news conference on the government shutdown in the Capitol on Oct. 10. A quote from Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., appears on the sign. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
A man from Upper Marlboro, Md., takes a picture of demolition work at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium on Oct. 10. The new Commanders stadium will be built on the site and is expected to open in 2030. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
The moon rises over the Capitol dome on Oct. 10. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr., D-Va., participates in a news conference with Maryland and Virginia Democrats across the street from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Tuesday to protest the Trump administration’s firings of federal workers. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Visitors walk past a sign that reads “Closed due to federal government shutdown,” at the gates to the National Gallery of Art’s sculpture garden on Tuesday. Due to the government shutdown, the National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian museums, research centers and the National Zoo are temporarily closed. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Voting rights activists protest outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday before oral arguments in a case challenging Louisiana’s congressional map. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks at a rally with House Democrats about the government shutdown on the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Members of the National Guard walk by a 3,000-pound ice sculpture titled “Last Call – DemocracyICED,” by artists Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese, on the National Mall on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., speak at a news conference on the government shutdown in the Capitol on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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