President Donald Trump posthumously awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to late conservative activist Charlie Kirk as he presents the medal to Kirk's wife, Erika Kirk (L), during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House on Oct. 14, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Vehicles drive by the Los Angeles River, swollen by storm runoff, in Los Angeles on Oct. 14, 2025. A strong atmospheric river storm hit Southern California, triggering evacuation warnings in the Eaton and Palisades fire burn-scar areas due to fears of debris flow. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), joined by other Senate Republicans, speaks during the 15th day of the government shutdown at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 15, 2025.Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
People participate in a “No Kings” protest in Washington on Oct. 18, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers attempt to capture a dog after it was left stranded when its owner was arrested during a felony stop in Oakland, Calif., on Oct. 16, 2025. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is deploying new CHP crime suppression teams to provide support to local law enforcement in high-crime areas. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Workers ride harvesters ahead of a rainstorm during the harvest of grapes from a Central Valley wine grape vineyard during harvesting in Lodi, Calif., on Oct. 13, 2025. For more than a century, Lodi's grape-growers have supplied the old wineries that make this Californian city famous. But rocketing costs, falling demand and competition from imports mean some are now abandoning their vineyards. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
(L-R) Seeking to become the city's next mayor, independent candidate and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani participate in a mayoral debate at Rockefeller Center in New York City on Oct. 16, 2025. Angelina Katsanis-Pool/Getty Images
Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks as part of the Marine Corps' 250th anniversary celebration at Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Oct. 18, 2025. Oliver Contreras/AFP via Getty Images
A U.S. Marine walks by the Presidential Walk of Fame on the colonnade of the White House on Oct. 17, 2025. Tom Brenner/AFP via Getty Images
Northern Wyoming on Oct. 14, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Samantha Busch, in vitro fertilization (IVF) advocate and the wife of NASCAR driver Kyle Busch, speaks alongside President Donald Trump and administration officials during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 16, 2025. Trump outlined plans to expand IVF access by encouraging workplace benefits to include infertility coverage. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Police interact with demonstrators near a “Free Speech Zone” outside of an immigrant processing and detention center in Broadview, Ill., on Oct. 17, 2025. Demonstrations have been taking place outside of the facility for several weeks as immigration enforcement officers arrest and detain illegal immigrants in the Chicago area. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Sen. Jim Justice (R-W. Va.) and his dog Babydog greet staffers as they celebrate the dog's sixth birthday on Capitol Hill on Oct. 15, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
People walk in the borough of Brooklyn as the area experiences wind and rain associated with a nor’easter storm moving through the region in New York City on Oct. 13, 2025. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel points to a display of captured most wanted fugitives during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 15, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
People walk through the International Monetary Fund's headquarters during the World Bank Group and IMF's annual meetings in Washington on Oct. 13, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
People attend the Navy and Marine Corps' 250the anniversary parade in Philadelphia on Oct. 13, 2025. The parade is a part of a weeklong celebration of the anniversary of the Navy’s founding, in its original birthplace of Philadelphia on the Delaware River. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
People watch the Washington Monument at sunset in Washington on Oct. 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Jacob Gonzales, 14, of Navajo and Apache heritage, poses for a portrait during a ceremony to commemorate Indigenous Peoples' Day in Denver, Colo., on Oct. 13, 2025. Mark Makela/Getty Images
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Argentinian President Javier Milei at the White House on Oct. 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
John Bolton leaves his home in Bethesda, Md., on Oct. 17, 2025. Former national security adviser Bolton was indicted by a federal grand jury for alleged mishandling of classified information. Alex Kent/Getty Images
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Oct. 17, 2025. Tom Brenner/AFP via Getty Images
A section of border fencing in La Casita-Garciasville, Texas, on Oct. 15, 2025. The Department of Homeland Security has announced that the federal government will be awarding 10 construction contracts worth more than $4 billion that will expand barriers along the U.S southwest border by 230 miles. The project will implement extra security measures including lights, cameras, steel barriers, and various detection technologies. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), joined by other House Democrats, speaks during the 15th day of the government shutdown at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 15, 2025.Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
The downtown Los Angeles skyline with a view of the San Gabriel Mountains at sunset, from Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area in Los Angeles on Oct. 15, 2025. Luke Hales/Getty Images
