Photos of the Week: Shutdown, impeachment and rough seas
by The Hill staff
Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen is tackled by Minnesota Vikings cornerback Akayleb Evans (21) after catching a pass during their Sept. 24 game in Minneapolis. Associated Press/Abbie Parr Wales’s Jac Morgan passes the ball during a Rugby World Cup Pool C match against Australia on Sept. 24 at the Parc OL stadium in Lyon, France. Associated Press/Laurent Cipriani Indonesian firefighters spray water at a temporary rubbish dump Sept. 25 in Bekasi, West Java province, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia. Smoke from the fires next to the highway started Saturday and has disturbed the drivers who are passing by. Associated Press/Achmad Ibrahim Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) speaks during a Sept. 25 press conference in Union City, N.J. Menendez and his wife have been indicted on charges of bribery. Associated Press/Andres Kudacki President Biden addresses striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union at a Sept. 26 picket line outside a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, Mich. Some 5,600 members of the UAW walked out of 38 U.S. parts and distribution centers at General Motors and Stellantis at noon Sept. 22, adding to the previous week’s dramatic worker walkout. According to the White House, Biden is the first sitting president to join a picket line. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reacts as her portrait is unveiled during a Sept. 26 ceremony at the State Department in Washington. Associated Press/Jacquelyn Martin Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) greets Sully, former President George H.W. Bush’s service dog, Sept. 26 in Statuary Hall of the Capitol. Greg Nash Demonstrators start a fire at the foot of the barrier protecting the National Palace during a Sept. 26 march to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the disappearance of 43 missing Ayotzinapa university students in Mexico City. The graffiti on the barrier reads “Military Narcostate” in Spanish. Associated Press/Marco Ugarte A retail shop is seen damaged Sept. 27 in Philadelphia. A flash mob-style ransacking and vandalism to downtown stores Tuesday night came after a peaceful protest over a judge’s decision to dismiss murder and other charges against a Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a driver, Eddie Irizarry, through a rolled-up window. Elizabeth Robertson/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) addresses reporters during a Sept. 27 press conference after the committee released new evidence for the impeachment inquiry of President Biden. Greg Nash Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) wears a “no shutdown” button while talking to a reporter outside the Capitol during a series of Sept. 27 amendment votes regarding Agriculture and Defense appropriation bills. Greg Nash Friends and relatives attend the Sept. 27 funeral of people who died in a fire during a wedding ceremony in Hamdaniya, Iraq. A fire that raced through a hall hosting a Christian wedding in northern Iraq killed around 100 people and injured 150 others, and authorities warn the death toll could rise. Associated Press/Hadi Mizban People look at names of fallen soldiers before a Sept. 27 ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kippur War at the Armored Corps memorial site in Latrun, Israel. Associated Press/Maya Alleruzzo An RNLI Lifeboat crashes through waves during a Sept. 28 multiagency exercise to test emergency response at Camber Sands in East Sussex, England. The exercise, organized by the South East Coast Ambulance Service also included Sussex Police, East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, Rother District Council, HM Coastguard and RNLI Lifeguards. Gareth Fuller/PA via AP Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) displays a text message from President Biden’s brother, James Biden, during a Sept. 28 House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing for the basis of the impeachment inquiry of President Biden. Greg Nash A man walks next to a damaged car after Sept. 28 floods in the town of Agria near the city of Volos, Greece. A second powerful storm in less than a month hammered parts of central Greece on Thursday, sweeping away roads, smashing bridges and flooding thousands of homes. Associated Press/Petros GiannakourisFlowers are seen outside the office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) after her Sept. 29 death. Feinstein was 90 and served 31 years as a senator. Greg Nash
