A member of the cleaning staff makes her way through the Rotunda on an empty US Capitol in Washington, DC on September 30, 2025, hours before a partial government shutdown is set to take effect. The US government barreled towards its first shutdown in six years Tuesday, with funding expiring at midnight after Democrats fought a war of words with Donald Trump and senators rejected a last-ditch bid to keep the lights on. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)