WASHINGTON — The government shutdown ended on Wednesday night as President Donald Trump signed legislation to reopen the government after the House approved the Senate’s spending package, ending the 43-day hiatus.
The government will remain funded until Jan. 30, with SNAP and other benefits extended through September 2026.
Here is a photographic look at the historic week that was in Washington.
“I love it, I think it’s brilliant,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said of President Trump’s direct payment health care proposal before heading into the Senate Chamber on Monday night, November 10, 2025. (Katareena Roska/MNS)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) talks to reporters about the Senate bill to end the shutdown during voting on November 10, 2025. (Katareena Roska/MNS)
Sen. Jim Justice (R-W. Va) in a press gaggle ahead of voting on November 10, 2025. (Katareena Roska/MNS)
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) discusses the Senate bill ending the shutdown and party leadership under minority leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) with reporters on November 10, 2025. (Katareena Roska/MNS)
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) converse following a press conference in which Jeffries urged his party not to vote for the funding package. (Riddhimaa L. Kodali/MNS)
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) is sworn into Congress after waiting for 50 days on Nov. 12, 2025. (Riddhimaa L. Kodali/MNS)
Grijalva leaving the press conference held after her swearing in on Nov. 12, 2025. (Riddhimaa L. Kodali/MNS)
The Washington Monument from the Speaker’s Ceremonial Office on Nov. 12, 2025. (Riddhimaa L. Kodali/MNS)
