Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, and District of Columbia Attorney Jeanine Pirro announce the arrest of Brian Cole during a press conference in Washington on Dec. 4, 2025. The FBI has conducted a yearslong investigation into the pipe bombs placed near the the Republican and Democratic National Committee offices on Jan. 5, 2021. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Cars drive along a street flooded with seawater during a King Tide in Mill Valley, Calf., on Dec. 5, 2025. The San Francisco Bay Area coast is experiencing some of the highest tides of the year, commonly referred to as King Tides. These naturally occurring phenomena are caused when gravitational forces of the sun, moon, and Earth align, and can push water into low-lying streets and other vulnerable areas, producing localized flooding. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
President Donald Trump presents actor Sylvester Stallone a medal for the 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees during a medal presentation in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 6, 2025. The 2025 Kennedy Center honorees are Stallone, country music singer George Strait, rock band KISS, singer Gloria Gaynor, and actor-singer Michael Crawford. Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images
The last supermoon of 2025, the Cold Moon, rises behind the snow-capped San Gabriel Mountains and the Los Angeles skyline as seen from Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area on Dec. 4, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Families shop for Christmas trees at the Trinity Tree Company-Avery Farms in the small town of Newland in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, on Dec. 6, 2025. According to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, the state grows more than 26 percent of the Christmas trees in the United States and is ranked second in the nation in number of trees harvested. More than 40,000 acres are estimated to be in Christmas tree production. Allison Joyce/AFP via Getty Images
Navy Adm. Frank Bradley departs from the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Dec. 4, 2025. Members of the Senate and House Armed Services and Intelligence committees met with Bradley in closed-door classified meetings to discuss the strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug boats ordered by the Pentagon. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
(L–R) U.S. President Donald Trump, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, and Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi hold up copies of the peace accord they signed during a ceremony at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington on Dec. 4, 2025. The peace and economic accord aims to end decades of conflict between the Rwandan and Congolese governments, militias, rebel groups, and other warring factions. The peace deal was initially signed in June of 2025 but Rwandan troops remain in Congo and fighting continues. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Residents watch as U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and fellow agents conduct operations in Kenner, La., on Dec. 6, 2025. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on Dec. 3 it has launched a federal immigration enforcement operation named “Operation Catahoula Crunch” in the New Orleans, La., area. Adam Gray/AFP via Getty Images
Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Supreme Court alongside his attorneys Karen Friedman Agnifilo (L) and Marc Agnifilo (R) during an evidentiary hearing in the murder case of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, in New York City on Dec. 4, 2025. Mangione's lawyers will argue to have the evidence thrown out because police officers allegedly did not read Mangione his Miranda rights and did not have a proper warrant when they searched his backpack at a Pennsylvania McDonald's last December. He is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and faces state and federal murder charges. Angela Weiss-Pool/Getty Images
The U.S. Capitol Christmas tree after the lighting ceremony on the West Front Lawn of Congress in Washington on Dec. 2, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
A U.S. Postal Service employee transports parcels for distribution during the start of the holiday mail rush, following Black Friday and Cyber Monday, inside the Los Angeles Mail Processing & Distribution Center in Los Angeles on Dec. 2, 2025. The 1.7 million-square-foot facility, the largest in the United States, is processing around a million packages per day as the Postal Service enters its busiest part of the year amid the December holiday season leading up to Christmas. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Sebastian Lai (R) and Claire Lai (L), children of jailed Hong Kong publisher and democracy activist Jimmy Lai, speak during a visit to the office of Agence France-Presse in Washington on Dec. 2, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Guns of various sizes and calibers are displayed at a news conference following a gun buyback event in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on Dec. 6, 2025. The event, which took over 160 weapons off the streets, offered people up to $1,500 and a free pair of Apple AirPods for firearms, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Attendees were also offered $200 bank cards for ghost guns or 3D-printed guns, with a limit of two per person, $75 bank cards for rifles or shotguns, and $25 for air guns, imitation pistols, and non-operable firearms. The event was held in East New York, Brooklyn, which has one of the highest shooting rates in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Sarah Paulson attends her Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony in Hollywood, Calif., on Dec. 2, 2025. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images
(L–R) FIFA President Gianni Infantino, U.S. President Donald Trump, Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum, and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney pose with their cards during the draw for the 2026 FIFA Football World Cup taking place in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Dec. 5, 2025. Dan Mullan / POOL/AFP via Getty Images
People walk onto an escalator under a Starbucks coffee sign in Manhattan in New York City on Dec. 2, 2025. City officials announced that Starbucks will pay New York City workers around $35 million to settle claims that the chain arbitrarily cut hours and deprived workers of stable schedules. The announcement comes a day after mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders visited striking baristas on a picket line. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
People protest against Amazon outside its office in New York City on Dec. 1, 2025. Tech workers with No Tech For Apartheid, warehouse workers from the Amazon Labor Union, and others formed a picket line on Cyber Monday, one the biggest days of the season for Amazon, to protest the company's military contracts and surveillance technology. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Christmas decorations at the White House with a “Home Is Where the Heart Is” theme on Dec. 1, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
First Lady Melania Trump and Second Lady Usha Vance speak with guests during a Red Cross holiday care package building and card writing event at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Dec. 1, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Andrea Bocelli performs during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Official Draw at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Dec. 5, 2025. The 2026 FIFA World Cup will take place between June 11 and July 19 featuring 48 teams with matches being played in the United States, Mexico, and Canada—the first time the international sporting event will be hosted by three nations. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
