Armed National Guard members patrol the National Mall in Washington on Aug. 27, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
President Donald Trump greets South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the White House on Aug. 25, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Employees of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) clap and salute former CDC officials Dan Jernigan, Deb Houry, and Demetre Daskalakis in Atlanta, Ga., on Aug. 28, 2025. The three officials were honored after resigning in the wake of President Donald Trump’s attempted firing of CDC director Susan Monarez. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images
Floaters are released into the water during a demonstration of Eco Wave Power electricity generation technology using the power of ocean waves in the harbor at AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, Calif., on Aug. 26, 2025. Floating blue paddles dance on the waves that lap a dock in the Port of Los Angeles, silently converting the power of the sea into usable electricity. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images
Surrounded by reporters, Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura enter an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Baltimore, Md., on Aug. 25, 2025. The U.S. government is threatening to deport Garcia, a Maryland construction worker from El Salvador, to Uganda after he rejected a plea deal to be charged with human smuggling and deported to Costa Rica. Earlier this year, Garcia was deported to a notorious anti-terrorism prison CECOT in El Salvador before returning to the United States. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Arborvale, W. Va, on Aug. 28, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
People pay their respects in commemoration of the 20-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, La., on Aug. 29, 2025. Katrina resulted in nearly 1,400 deaths, according to revised statistics from the National Hurricane Center, and remains the costliest storm in U.S. history at around $200 billion in today’s dollars. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Cars travel on the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in Calif. on Aug. 29, 2025. Drivers are hitting the roads as the Labor Day holiday weekend begins. Millions of Americans are expected to travel by plane or car for the long weekend. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Navy servicemen are dropped off at an entry gate at the Naval Station Great Lakes in Great Lakes, Ill., on Aug. 29, 2025. The DHS is requesting access to a Chicago Area Naval Station ahead of reported ICE operations targeting illegal immigration. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images
SpaceX’s Starship rocket lifts off for its tenth test flight from Starbase, Texas, as seen from South Padre Island, on Aug. 26, 2025. SpaceX’s Starship megarocket roared into the skies on its 10th test flight, following a string of explosive failures that cast doubt about its ability to realize Elon Musk’s vision of colonizing Mars. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images
People walk under the Fremont Street Experience attraction’s Viva Vision canopy screen in downtown Las Vegas, Nev., on Aug. 30, 2025. Visitation to Las Vegas fell by 12 percent in July compared to last year, continuing a slump in tourism since the start of the year, according to a report released on Aug. 29 by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Ethan Miller/Getty Images
Deer walk near Lewisburg, W. Va., on Aug. 28, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Space engineers work on the NASA IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) spacecraft at the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., on Aug. 28, 2025. NASA’s IMAP is designed to explore and map the boundaries of the heliosphere, a large bubble created by the Sun’s wind that encapsulates our entire solar system, and study how the heliosphere interacts with the local galactic neighborhood beyond. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images
A cabin sits in the woods in rural W. Va. on Aug. 28, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
A man is detained by federal agents after leaving a court hearing in immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City on Aug. 26, 2025. Attorney General Letitia James announced that her office has made a legal filing asking the U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from detaining immigrants inside of courthouses as they attend their court hearings at immigration court. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Homes in a neighborhood in San Francisco on Aug. 27, 2025. According to a report by the California Association of Realtors, sales of existing, single-family homes in California fell 4.1 percent year over year, with a total of 261,820 homes sold in July 2025. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Rapper Lil Nas X attends his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles on Aug. 25, 2025. According to media reports, Lil Nas X has been charged with four felonies, including battery with injury to a police officer. Frederic J. Brown/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Valero Houston Refinery in Houston, Texas, on Aug. 29, 2025. The Valero Houston Refinery, located on the Houston Ship Channel, processes sweet crude and intermediate oils into gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel. According to the company, it processes 255,000 barrels per day. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images
A Border Patrol instructor sprays a recruit with pepper spray during a training exercise at the U.S. Border Patrol Academy in Artesia, New Mexico, on Aug. 29, 2025. While under the effects of the spray, trainees must open their eyes to identify objects around them before subduing a mock attacker and then calling for reinforcements. Enrollment at the Academy has reached more than 1,000 trainees, the highest number since 2009, according to officials. John Moore/Getty Images
