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  1. Hakeem Jeffries and Mike Johnson both grasp a gavel in front of an American flag in the House chamber after Johnson's election as speaker in January 2025. Both men are wearing dark suits.

  2. James Comey walking through a hallway where reporters are gathered

  3. Splitscreen. On the left, a court sketch of Diddy in a yellow sweater. On the right, Nada Tawfik outside the courtroom.

  4. A court sketch shows Diddy, in a light tan top, huddled with his lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, who's wearing glasses and a brown suit.

  5. Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson speaking on Capitol Hill on 3 October.

  6. A Palestinian woman carries belongings as she walks amid debris at a United Nations school where displaced people were taking shelter, after it was hit in overnight Israeli strikes, amid an Israeli military operation, at Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City, October 1

  7. Russell Vought speaks to media outside wearing his glasses, a striped tie, button-down shirt and dark suit jacket

  8. Splitscreen image showing on the left, a small parachute opened up, descending. On the right, a giant space-y contraption.

  9. A screengrab from a video Trump shared on social media of a boat before it was attacked

  10. Voter voices graphic of four voters

  11. Split screen showing a file pic of Cassie Ventura and Sean Combs at the bottom, and Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty at the top.

  12. A person walks in front of an Apple Store, looking down at their smartphone.

  13. Fire burns at a Chevron refinery on October 2, 2025 in El Segundo, California. A big explosion around 10pm (PST) produced a large orange blaze that could be seen from miles away from the refinery close by the Los Angeles airport.

  14. Skies over LA county bright orange as oil refinery burns in the background.

  15. This photo courtesy of Dylan Miller shows Alaskan climber Balin Miller climbing the route "Croc’s Nose" at Crocodile Rock in Hyalite Canyon near Bozeman, Mont., Sept. 29, 2024. (Dylan Miller via AP)

  16. Close-up image of hands holding a phone displaying an ICE-tracking app

  17. A set of metal handcuffs.

  18. Diddy seen in a court sketch. He wears a yellow shirt and black glasses

  19. U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad al Thani sit at a table and lean in toward one another to speak

  20. US President Donald Trump is wearing a navy suit red and and American flag lapel pin as he speaks into a microphone and gestures with his right hand during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House at the White House in Washington on 30 September 2025

  21. US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks to the media on the steps of the US Capitol in Washington DC.

  22. A National Park Service employee stands next to a van stopped at a park entrance

  23. Donald Trump and King Charles during a UK visit

  24. Two people are giving their opinions on the government shutdown.