

November 4, 2025, Washington Dc, Virginia, USA: A sign on the entrance to the National Gallery of Art alerts visitors that it is closed due to the government shutdown in Washington on November 4, 2025. The federal government shutdown has entered its second month. Since partisan gridlock sent the US government into shutdown on October 1, many federal workers have gone without paychecks, and millions of Americans are increasingly caught in the crossfire of a lack of basic federal services. (Credit Image: © Gent Shkullaku/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
