A horse walks back to the barn area during morning workouts ahead of the running of the 152nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on April 25, 2026. Michael Reaves/Getty Images
Members of Boys Scouts Troop 809 carry an American flag during Fiesta's 135th Battle of the Flowers Parade in San Antonio on April 24, 2026. The parade honors the heroes of the Alamo and Goliad and celebrates the victory at the Battle of San Jacinto. Joel Angel Juarez/Getty Images
President Donald Trump speaks, flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel US Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25, 2026. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
A person collects plastic bottles and aluminum cans past a vintage Ford truck parked alongside the Pacific Ocean in Redondo Beach, Calif., on April 23, 2026. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Isabelle Karamooz, founder, CEO, and publisher of French Quarter Magazine, presents the magazine's 2026 Best Author of the Year award to Jan Jekielek, Epoch Times senior editor and author of “Killed to Order,” at the French Embassy in Washington on April 20, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
An aerial view shows homes along the Fox River watershed surrounded by floodwater near Antioch, Ill., on April 21, 2026. Swollen rivers from recent rains have caused flooding in several Midwestern states including Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Scott Olson/Getty Images
The Johnson family attends a candlelight vigil in Shreveport, La., on April 19, 2026. Eight children were killed and two women were wounded during a domestic violence incident in the early morning hours, according to local authorities. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Riley Greene (31) of the Detroit Tigers makes a catch at the wall on a hit by Trevor Story (10) of the Boston Red Sox during the first inning at Fenway Park in Boston on April 20, 2026. Winslow Townson/Getty Images
First Lady Melania Trump speaks during the 113th Annual First Lady's Luncheon hosted by The Congressional Club Museum and Foundation at the Washington Hilton in Washington on April 23, 2026. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 22, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
The sun sets behind the National Cathedral in Washington on April 20, 2026. Oliver Contreras/AFP via Getty Images
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speak during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on April 24, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Runners approach the finish line during the 130th Boston Marathon in Boston on April 20, 2026. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images
Smoke rises from the Brantley Highway 82 Fire in Atkinson, Ga., on April 23, 2026. The wildfire is one of many burning in the southeastern United States. Sean Rayford/Getty Images
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman holds a press briefing on the case against singer D4vd in Los Angeles on April 20, 2026. D4vd, whose real name is David Burke, was arrested in connection to the murder of a teenage girl whose dismembered body was found in the trunk of a car registered in the artist's name, police said on April 16. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
A general view of the garage area after canceled qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Jack Link's 500 due to weather at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., on April 25, 2026. David Jensen/Getty Images
Federal agents draw their guns out after shots were fired at the Hilton Hotel where the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner was held in Washington on April 25, 2026. Nathan Howard/Getty Images
NASA staff help roll out the largest section of the agency's Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis III at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on April 20, 2026. The NASA Artemis III mission is currently scheduled for launch in 2027. Matthew Hinton/AFP via Getty Images
(L-R) U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, Israel Ambassador to US Yechiel Leiter, US Vice President JD Vance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Lebanon Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad, and U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa listen as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Lebanon Ambassador to the U.S. and Israel Ambassador to the U.S., at the White House in Washington on April 23, 2026. Trump met Lebanese and Israeli envoys at a new round of peace talks with Beirut seeking a one-month extension of a ceasefire. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
Paul Hodgson carries produce to be planted at Bluff View Farms in West Jefferson, N.C., on April 24, 2026. Many municipalities in the state are experiencing extreme drought conditions and are facing water use restrictions. Paul Hodgson, owner of the seventh-generation family farm Bluff View Farm, is being impacted by the ongoing drought, which has lowered the creek feeding his irrigation system by approximately eight inches, as well as rising costs of gas, diesel, and fertilizer. Allison Joyce/Getty Images
Kevin Warsh (L), President Donald Trump's nominee for Chair of the Federal Reserve, greets former NFL player Larry Fitzgerald Jr. (R) during his Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on April 21, 2026. Trump nominated Warsh, a former member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, to replace Jerome Powell amid bipartisan concerns over the Justice Department's criminal investigation into the central bank’s current leader. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
First Lady Melania Trump unveiled a new beehive in the vegetable garden on the White House South Lawn on April 24, 2026. The new beehive will produce an additional 30 pounds of honey that will be used in the White House kitchen. Andrew Leyden/Getty Images
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) walks through the U.S. Capitol during weekly policy luncheons in Washington on April 21, 2026. Following luncheons Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) spoke with the press. Heather Diehl/Getty Images
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt walks to speak to the press at the White House on April 24, 2026. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images
An aerial view of construction of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over the 101 Freeway on Earth Day in Agoura Hills, Calif., on April 22, 2026. The landscaped overpass outside of Los Angeles will provide a safe passage for wildlife, including the threatened local population of mountain lions, across the 10-lane freeway while connecting protected areas in the Santa Monica Mountains and the Sierra Madre Range. The 165-foot-wide crossing is scheduled for completion in 2026. The approximately $114 million project will be the largest wildlife crossing of its type in the world. Mario Tama/Getty Images
A pumpjack stands idle in the Huntington Beach oil field in Huntington Beach, Calif., on April 23, 2026. California imports approximately 75 percent of its crude oil, with nearly one-third of the crude supplied from the Middle East, as prices at the pump in the state are averaging $5.84 per gallon today amid the war in Iran. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Dogs stand among tulips at the Tulip Festival at Social Island Farm in Goshen, N.Y., on April 18, 2026. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
