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A "Closed Do Not Enter" sign at the entrance to Muir Woods National Monument in Mill Valley, Calif., on Oct. 3. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

Planes line up on the runway to depart from San Francisco International Airport on Oct. 8 in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

A sign reads, ' This Facility is Closed Due to the Federal Government Shutdown', on the door to the Everglades National Park visitors center on October 01, 2025, in Everglades National Park, Florida. The park will remain open to visitors, but with minimal staffing. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

Texas state Senator Carol Alvarado, a Democrat, speaks in a crowd of other Democratic state lawmakers outside the Massachusetts State House on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025 in Boston. Leah Willingham/AP hide caption

The Tennessee House of Representatives meeting in April in Nashville. George Walker IV/AP hide caption

Elon Musk wears a cheesehead hat as he speaks during a rally in Green Bay, Wisc. on March 30, 2025. An election to choose a new state Supreme Court justice takes place Tuesday and Musk has contributed millions to the race, hoping to secure a win for the conservative candidate. Robin Legrand/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Julien Baker and Torres perform at The Luck Reunion Festival 2025 at Luck Ranch on March 13, 2025 in Spicewood, Texas. Nicola Gell/WireImage hide caption

Voter leave a voting booth at The Barn at Bull Meadow in Concord, New Hampshire, during voting for the New Hampshire Primary on Jan. 23, 2024. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

A drone image shows a flooded street due to Hurricane Milton in Siesta Key, Florida, on October 10, 2024. MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Flash flood risk over the next three days as Hurricane Helene approaches landfall. National Hurricane Center hide caption

A box of food scraps that will be composted sits at a waste transfer station in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

Food being prepared and presented during vegan chef Chloe Coscarelli hosted H&M Home Breakfast in 2017 in New York. Donald Bowers/Getty Images hide caption

Windmills towers over a soy bean field on August 10, 2024 near Charles City, Iowa. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

A view of Major League Vegan on October 15, 2023 in New York City. Rob Kim/Getty Images hide caption

Linda McMahon, former administrator of the Small Business Administration, during the Republican National Convention. Hannah Beier/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption

An agave Margarita and gin Martini made by mixologist Jacques Bezuidenhout sit on a bar in the Starlight Room of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco, Dec. 20, 2012. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption