Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.), joined by Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), and House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), speaks to reporters on the second day of the government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Oct. 2, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
French Republican Security Corps (CRS–Compagnies Republicaines de Securite) officers, reflected on an advertisement board, walk toward demonstrators in Toulouse, on Oct. 2, 2025, during a nationwide day of strike for “social justice” measures, called by France's eight biggest workers unions. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images
