Both parties blame each other on 1st day of government shutdown as tourist sites close
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Vice President JD Vance, gestures as he stands with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, right, while speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, of N.Y., center, speaks as House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., left, and House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., right, listen during a press conference on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, listens as Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., holds a copy of the continuing appropriations bill as top Republicans in Congress hold a news conference on the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)A sign announces that the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center is closed, on the first day of a partial government shutdown, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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Vice President JD Vance, gestures as he stands with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, right, while speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)