Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado ahead of a meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 15, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
A section of a historic 1926 four-bedroom home is transported on a flatbed truck in West Hollywood, Calif., on Jan. 16, 2026. The 2,300-square-foot house will be reassembled and restored on a new foundation in Altadena for the Martinez family, on the lot where the family lost their home of eight years in the Eaton Fire. This is the third home delivered to a fire-survivor family in Altadena through the Omgivning Historic House Relocation Project, with six more relocations planned in the coming months and around 250 people on the waiting list. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Demonstrators protesting the deadly suppression in Iran rally near the White House in Washington on Jan. 17, 2026. The United States on Jan. 15 said Iran halted 800 executions of protesters under pressure from President Donald Trump, after Gulf allies appeared to pull him back from military action over Tehran's deadly campaign against demonstrations. Iran was shaken over the last week by some of the biggest anti-government protests in the history of the Islamist regime, although the demonstrations appear to have diminished over the last few days in the face of repression and a week-long internet blackout. Amid Farahi/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump arrives at Palm Beach International Airport to attend a Road Dedication Ceremony at his private Mar-a-Lago club in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Jan. 16, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Artemis II sits in Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Jan. 16, 2026, ahead of the rollout to Launch Pad 39B for the crewed lunar mission. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth (2nd R) and Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (2nd L) hold a meeting at the Pentagon in Washington on Jan. 15, 2026. Koizumi is meeting with Hegseth about regional security threats from China and North Korea and strengthening the Japan–U.S. security alliance. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Protesters file a police report against YouTuber Nick Sorter in front of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, on Jan. 11, 2026. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
The U.S. Capitol building at sunrise in Washington on Jan. 16, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
A member of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension searches with a dog for evidence at a home near the site where a shooting by federal agents occurred the night before. According to reports, a federal agent shot a Venezuelan man who was resisting arrest. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
Nurses from New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center strike outside the hospital in New York City on Jan. 12, 2026. Nearly 15,000 nurses from New York-Presbyterian/Columbia, Montefiore Medical Center and the main campus of Mount Sinai Hospital, among New York City's biggest hospitals, have gone on strike. The union representing the nurses says they are demanding higher wages, more security at hospitals to reduce violent episodes and shootings, and a commitment to ensuring minimum staffing ratios. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Vice President JD Vance arrives at the U.S. Capitol before casting a tie-breaking vote to block a Venezuela war powers resolution on Jan. 14, 2026. Republicans voted to block the legislation after receiving assurances from President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio of no U.S. forces remaining in Venezuela and pledges for congressional involvement in major future operations. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Wind turbines at the Altamont Pass wind farm in Livermore, Calif., on Jan. 13, 2026. A federal judge allowed construction to resume on the Revolution Wind offshore wind project serving Rhode Island and Connecticut, saying the government did not sufficiently justify halting work on the nearly completed, fully permitted project amid national security concerns. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
A cart of document boxes is wheeled into the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing room ahead of a scheduled closed-door deposition of former President Bill Clinton, who did not appear in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 13, 2026. Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) threatened to hold Clinton and former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress if they do not testify as part of the committee's investigation into deceased child sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Protesters confront conservative influencer and pardoned Jan. 6 defendant Jake Lang in Minneapolis on Jan. 17, 2026. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images
People ride through an obstacle course in a Jeep Rubicon at the Jeep exhibit at the 2026 Detroit Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 14, 2026. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
Aleksander Barkov (L) and Matthew Tkachuk (R) of the Florida Panthers present President Donald Trump with a jersey and hockey stick during a ceremony to honor the 2025 Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 15, 2026. The Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers for the second straight year in their first-ever championship since joining the NHL in 1993. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Water is released on the main spillway at Lake Oroville in Oroville, Calif., on Jan. 12, 2026. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, California has been declared drought-free for the first time in 25 years, following a series of winter storms that brought above-average rainfall throughout the state in recent weeks. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference at Friendship House Association of American Indians in San Francisco on Jan. 16, 2026. Newsom joined Mayor Daniel Lurie to announce new funding for homelessness and mental health efforts in the city. The governor announced more than $420 million in new state funding for San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego for local programs addressing homelessness through interim or permanent housing and supportive services. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
House Homeland Security Committee member Rep. Lou Correa (D-Calif.) speaks during a news conference with fellow committee Democrats to discuss the shooting of Renee Good outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 14, 2026. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
An aerial photo shows the Nave Photon crude oil tanker, carrying a shipment of Venezuelan oil, docked in Freeport, Texas, on Jan. 16, 2026. The United States has finalized a sale of Venezuelan oil, the first since Washington took control of the sector following the toppling of president Nicolás Maduro, according to a U.S. official. The official, who did not identify the buyer, said the deal is worth $500 million, and additional sales could take place in the coming days or weeks. Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images
Reza Pahlavi, the U.S.-based son of Iran's ousted former Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, speaks during a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington on Jan. 16, 2026. The son of Iran's late shah said he was confident the Islamic republic would fall in the face of mass protests and called for intervention. Pahlavi has lived in exile in the United States since the 1979 Islamic revolution toppled his pro-Western father. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump and Meg Weinberger (L), a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives, unveil a road sign during a dedication ceremony for Southern Boulevard, in the ballroom at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Jan. 16, 2026. Palm Beach Southern Boulevard, between Kirk Road and South Ocean Boulevard, is being renamed as “President Donald J. Trump Boulevard.” Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
White House border czar Tom Homan speaks to the press outside the West Wing of the White House on Jan. 14, 2026. Oliver Contreras/AFP via Getty Images
(L-R) Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump, Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., and Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Mehmet Oz, speak during the “great, historic investment in rural health roundtable” in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 16, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
