First responders work to extinguish a fire at the University of South Florida campus in St. Petersburg, Fla., on May 2, 2026. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times via AP
People attend the Cinco de Mayo parade in Saint Paul, Minn., on May 2, 2026. Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexico’s unlikely victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images
Army soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 82nd Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division Artillery lookout atop a M109 A7 Paladin self propelled Howitzer during live fire training in Fort Hood, Texas, on April 29, 2026. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
(L-R) U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Acting Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division Darren Cox during a press conference about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting at the Justice Department in Washington on April 27, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
The Barker family carries their personal belongings out of their tornado damaged home at the Holiday Hills Golf Course development in Mineral Wells, Texas, on April 29, 2026. Six days of severe storms have caused extensive damage and multiple injuries across the midwest and southern United States. Justin Hamel/Getty Images
Supporters cheer as President Donald Trump speaks at The Villages Charter School in The Villages, Fla., on May 1, 2026. Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images
Dead palm trees stand on the site of the former Salton Bay Yacht Club as the moon rises over the Salton Sea in Salton City, Calif., on April 30, 2026. California has launched the Salton Sea Conservancy, its first new conservancy in more than 15 years, in an effort to support long-term habitat restoration while improving air quality around the deteriorating inland lake. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine handles a press photographer’s camera before a Senate Armed Services committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on April 30, 2026. The committee held the hearing to listen to testimony on the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request. Graeme Sloan/Getty Images
A view of a newly installed Charlie Kirk Way sign in Westminster, Calif., on April 29, 2026. The Orange County, California, city of Westminster became the first city in the nation to dedicate a street to the late conservative activist and podcaster Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot in 2025, with the designation installed near Westminster Boulevard and All American Way. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
First Lady Melania Trump and Britain’s Queen Camilla hand out gifts as they take part in a youth activity on the White House tennis court area in Washington on April 28, 2026. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
Puerto Rican jockey Jose Ortiz, riding Golden Tempo, celebrates after winning the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on May 2, 2026. Leandro Lozada/AFP via Getty Images
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) meets with UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper at the State Department in Washington on April 29, 2026. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
City of Miami police officers visit the grave of City of Miami police officer Osvaldo Canalejo, who was killed in the line of duty in 1992, at Woodlawn Park Cemetery in Miami on April 28, 2026. The officers visited each of the 41 fallen City of Miami police officers’ gravesites during Project HERO (Honoring Every Resting Officer). Police officers visit the graves of fallen colleagues to pay their respects and ensure their sacrifices are not forgotten. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Workers and a test pilot prepare a Joby Aviation electric aircraft for take off from JFK Airport, the first point-to-point electric vertical take off and landing aircraft demonstration flight in New York City on April 27, 2026. The quiet, zero-emission aircraft landed at a Manhattan heliport in under 10 minutes, a trip that by car can take up to two hours with traffic. Joby Aviation is a California-based aerospace company currently in the final stages of FAA type certification. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Elon Musk arrives at court for his lawsuit against OpenAI at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland, Calif., on April 28, 2026. Elon Musk invested in OpenAI early on, believing it would be a nonprofit, but is now suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman for allegedly deceiving him by developing OpenAI into a for-profit company. Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images
Demonstrators perform a dance during a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on April 29, 2026. The court heard arguments challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for asylum seekers. Tom Brenner/Getty Images
President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office of the White House April 30, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
Pilots and flight crew for American Airlines Flight 3599, operating from Miami International Airport to Caracas, Venezuela, on a nonstop flight to Venezuela, the first between the United States and Venezuela in seven years, stand at the gate at Miami International Airport on April 30, 2026. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images
A makeshift memorial for opioid overdose victims is seen outside the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in Newark, N.J., on April 28, 2026. Purdue Pharma was set to be sentenced for its role in the opioid epidemic. Aron Ranen/AFP via Getty Images
Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) listen to Britain’s King Charles III address a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on April 28, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
President Donald Trump speaks as he welcomes the Artemis II astronauts (from L to R) Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen in the Oval Office on April 29, 2026. A model of NASA’s Space Reactor-1 Freedom, their craft intended to go to Mars, is seen in front of Trump Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
A crashed Cessna airplane is seen in a wooded area on Round Rock Road in Wimberley, Texas, on May 1, 2026. Five members of a pickleball club who died after the small plane carrying them crashed in Texas are being mourned by a tight-knit community of fellow players. Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference at Staten Island University Hospital Community Park in New York City on April 27, 2026. Mayor Mamdani was joined by Gov. Kathy Hochul, government officials and members of the New York New Jersey FIFA World Cup 2026 Host Committee as they announced New York City will be hosting five free World Cup viewing parties in various parts of the city. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Voters check in before casting their ballots on the first day of early voting at the Louisiana State Archives in Baton Rouge, La., on May 2, 2026. Early voting for Louisiana’s May 16 primaries began for U.S. Senate and Louisiana state party candidates. However, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has postponed the state’s congressional primaries in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that would give state lawmakers time to redraw congressional maps. Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images
