House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and other members of the House Democratic Caucus speak during a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Dec. 18, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
(L-R) Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch rehearse a walkout from the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Dec. 20, 2025. The astronauts are rehearsing for the scheduled February 2026 10-day mission that will carry them around the moon and back to Earth. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Workers revise the name of the “John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts” in Washington on Dec. 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees voted unanimously to rename the facility “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.” Heather Diehl/Getty Images
Actor Isaiah Washington (L) and Mike Tyson (R), former heavyweight world champion boxer, speak at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 16, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Workers assemble a newly manufactured 1,200-square-foot accessory dwelling unit (ADU) for members of the Van Dalm family, who are Eaton Fire survivors, in Altadena, Calif., on Dec. 18, 2025. Mario Tama/Getty Images
People move through the Moynihan Train Hall in New York City on Dec. 18, 2025. The Department of Labor reported that inflation unexpectedly slowed in November, with the consumer price index rising 2.7 percent in November from a year earlier. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Erika Kirk speaks at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix on Dec. 20, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Representatives exit the U.S. Capitol after a vote in Washington on Dec. 17, 2025. Four Republican representatives joined Democrats to sign a petition forcing a vote on legislation that will extend premium tax credits for the Affordable Care Act. Heather Diehl/Getty Images
A neighborhood is engulfed in floodwater in Pacific, Wash., on Dec. 16, 2025. Evacuations have been ordered in three suburbs south of Seattle after a recent levee failure. Atmospheric rivers are expected to continue in the coming days as northern Washington reels from historic flooding late last week. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith (C) leaves for a break while testifying during a closed-door deposition before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 17, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Candles are lit by framed photos of mass shooting victims Mukhammad Aziz Amurzokov and Ella Cook at a makeshift memorial near Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Dec. 15, 2025. Bing Guan / AFP via Getty Images
The Department of Justice in Washington on Dec. 19, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
People toss pennies into a casket to pay their respects during a “funeral” for the penny at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Dec. 20, 2025. The U.S. Treasury stopped production of the 1 cent piece after a run of 232 years. Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump displays an executive order with Howard Kessler (R) that Trump signed in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 18, 2025. During the ceremony, Trump signed the order reclassifying marijuana as a Schedule III drug. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Flowers rest on director Rob Reiner's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Dec. 15, 2025. The LAPD confirmed that Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their Brentwood home. Their son Nick has been arrested in connection with their deaths. Mario Tama/Getty Images
People visit the world's largest gingerbread house in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles on Dec. 18, 2025. The 25-foot-tall (7.8-meter) gingerbread house is inspired by the McCallister family home from the first two “Home Alone” movies and was created as part of Disney+ and Hulu's celebration of the 35th anniversary of the film. The Guinness World Record-breaking house is made from 5,700 pounds (2,585 kg) of all-purpose flour and more than 4,200 eggs. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
